ANTH 3100Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Carl Linnaeus, Renaissance, Age Of Enlightenment
19 Sep 2016
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Anth 3100y the development of archaeology: the enlightenment, antiquarianism, and. For the problem assessment assignments, 2-5 references are appropriate. Bishop usher figured out how old the earth was (i. e. when creation began) the 23rd of october, the year before christ 4004. Antiquarianism was focused on curiosities" the described things, but did not seek to interpret them it was more curiosity than anything else. Degeneration occurred from the conflict between the biblical view of the past (things going from complex to not, i. e. things getting worse) with what they were seeing (simple tools progressively getting better) John aubrey (1626-1697) was an important figure in 17th century antiquarianism he recorded ancient monuments such as the monumenta britannica (1675) he placed monuments in their landscape context his methods were precursors to archaeology. The influence on anthropology and archaeology was profound, as it established the notions that humankind was one entity, past and present trigger characterises.
