History 2606E Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Processual Archaeology, Floodplain, Forensic Anthropology
16 Nov 2017
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Now theory, ecology, and evolution social and environmental change reinforces social organization. Human behavior is variable with room for individuals to exercise agency renegotiate and modify social organization. And presents an opportunity to: and mummy studies. Individual factors (bone quality: soil chemistry, burial depth/type, vegetation, climate/environment, cultural practices and funerary choices, preservation can be accidental, key for mummification, stop autolysis. Inka: 1280-1533 (spanish arrived 1532, originated in cuzco, cuzco is capital of incan empire. Incan gods originated from the sun: most of the information known is from the spanish, chronicles and archaeological record, also records from incans taken to spain, viricoha creator god, consolidation period. Inti sun god: 8 incan kings (~228 years, remained in cuzco, expansion period, 4 incan kings, expanded out of cuzco, diseases spread. Incan beliefs: why did they expand, after death, said king still rules over the lands, but now as a mummy (cid:862)split i(cid:374)herita(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863, heir did(cid:374)"t get la(cid:374)d, (cid:271)ut i(cid:374)stead got the po(cid:449)er.
