ANTH 2015 Lecture : Archaeology Notes Otha Survey On Page 7
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Obsidian blade- used for ritual blood lettingthe edge is sharper than surgical steel. From blood, you can only determine if the animal it came from is primate or not; not whether it is human. Kinds of archaeologists: prehistoric- study things from before there were written records; select a certain culture area, classical- study of the great ancient civilizations of greece and. 1982 cultural properties act: illegal to import artifacts from other countries that signed the act. Creation stories: popol vuh (maya, lubaantum, santiago coc. Papal edict: new world (americas, 16th century, human, catholicism. Archbishop james ussher: by counting generations listed in bible came up with 4004 b. c. as when earth was created, 6000 years of human history. Catastrophism: georges cuvier- if you look at layers of soil, those represent different events of divine intervention of creation and distruction, dinosaur layer; humans on top layer.
