ANP 203 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Thomas Jefferson, Peru, Human Evolution
ANP 203
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Introduction to Archaeology
Dr. Kurt rademaker, and Mike Cook
ANP 203.001
Archaeology - study of people of the past
Anthropology - study of people now
No fossils. Few rocks, no dinosaurs
Physical
History goals, techniques and long term trends
Scientific method
Archaeology Essentials: Theories, Methods and Practice 3rd Edition
Colin Renfrew and Paul Bahn
Academic Integrity
Final = only a little cumulative
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Introduction to Archaeology
Dr. Kurt rademaker, and Mike Cook
ANP 203.001
Archaeology
How do we get info about the human past beyond the range of written documents?
Material Cltr
3500BCE
- writing/history began in Mesopotamia/Fertile Crescent
- invention of printing press, writing becomes widespread
A lot of early texts about economics, national matters, rich people, religious
Arch - systematic study of material remains to learn about the human past
Artifacts retrieved from sites -> primary source of info
History of…
Ideas - questions about the past influence what we can learn. Ideas that drive our investigation
of past = theory
Methods - only investigate things that our methods permit. Developing new methods. Advances
in methodology have let us ask mor and more questions
Discoveries - great discoveries can advance field. Adventure is alive and well
Arch is descended from treasure hunting
- Collecting things, not meaning
Spatial arrangement of objects
- Spatial relationships amoung objects
- Spatial relationships btn objects and matrix(sedimentary setting)
New Kingdom Egypt(1550-1070BC)
- Pharaohs ordered xcv and restoration of the Sphinx built in 4th dynasty(Old Kingdom,
2575-2134BC) for pharaoh Khafre
- Physical evidence from reconstruction
- Ivory carvings from earlier periods indicate the Sphinx was burned in sand up to its head
and shoulders before New Kingdom xcvs
Real Arch? NO
Nabodinus(~550BC)
- Searched ruins for inscriptions
- Employed scribes and xcvs
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Document Summary
Archaeology - study of people of the past. Archaeology essentials: theories, methods and practice 3rd edition. Invention of printing press, writing becomes widespread. A lot of early texts about economics, national matters, rich people, religious. Arch - systematic study of material remains to learn about the human past. Artifacts retrieved from sites -> primary source of info. Ideas - questions about the past influence what we can learn. Ideas that drive our investigation of past = theory. Methods - only investigate things that our methods permit. Advances in methodology have let us ask mor and more questions. Spatial relationships btn objects and matrix(sedimentary setting) Pharaohs ordered xcv and restoration of the sphinx built in 4th dynasty(old kingdom, Ivory carvings from earlier periods indicate the sphinx was burned in sand up to its head and shoulders before new kingdom xcvs. Curious of classical civilizations and collected relics and art.
