Archaeology ARC 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ben Schwartz
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Lulewicz began with a discussion of culture history, and how it can be misleading. The fact that charleston was founded in 1670 and the oconee river valley was. Essentially, the extant timeline for native movement out of the oconee river valley was. Furthermore, he discussed how grand narratives can homogenize, simplify, and erase native histories. He then went on to discuss his work in the oconee river valley and to explain how it relates to culture history and grand narratives. based off of the lack of european materials in mounds like the dyar mound. Based on stratigraphy, they were able to deduce that the mound was abandoned between 1665-1735 (68% ci), which was different from previous findings. This allowed them to historicize and thus decolonize the archaeological record. Furthermore, through conversations with native americans, they recently found that even in contemporary native.
