ANTH 2015 Lecture : Anthropology Lecture 2
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Anthropology 2015: introduction to archaeology, louisiana state university, heather. Mckillop lecture 2: "history of archaeology" word list: creation stories popul vuh (maya, renaissance, pompeii: One of the main questions was, were they human? . The pope made an edict and said they were human so they needed to be converted to catholicism. Division of middle and south america between spain and portugal. When the middle ages wore out into more recent times. Antiquarians: were people interested in the past, generally wealthy males: there were unwrapping parties when they would go and unwrap mummies. Archbishop james ussher: 4004 b. c. (6000 yrs human history) He looked at the book of genesis to trace an earlier generation. Figured out world was created in 4004 b. c. Theory was that the earth was created by divine creations and destructions. William "strata" smith 18th c geologist: said no to cata.
