ANTH 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Thutmose Iv, Historical Archaeology, Paleontology
24 Oct 2017
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Lecture 2, 09/04/14: development of archaeology and some of its leading practitioners. From textbook introduction: embedded 21st century ethical issues in diverse perspectives: Usa"s enactment of nagpra in 1990: needs and controversies. A texas example: the alamo -- a diversity of mostly ethnic-based perspectives. Thutmose iv (1412-1402 bc) excavated the sphinx at giza, as per his dream that the sun god would make him pharaoh if he did so he did so and it worked: he became. Renaissance (1500s) and post-renaissance intellectualism led to curiosity about and desire for antiquities, especially roman, greek, etc. Babylonian, and celtic art) book written by hungarian historian johannes sambucus in 1564 objects that formed where lightning struck the earth and arrowheads were thought to be fossilized serpent tongues. But elsewhere in europe, ground stone axes were considered to be thunderstones, Earliest depiction of an archeological excavation for valuable antiquities was in a. Wealthy europeans develop a taste for antiquities (aka roman, greek, egyptian,
