CLCV 1008 : CLVC 1008 A Lecture Notes.odt
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Archaeology is both a physical activity out in the field, and an intellectual pursuit in the study. It is the past tense of cultural anthropology . Explanation and interpretation of material culture (traditional vs recent approaches) Some people and places of historical importance in archaeology. Kings of babylon; nebuchadnezzar (built the hanging gardens (7 wonders of the ancient world), built first museum wonder cabinet of man kind ) & nabonidus (successor to. Decipherment of scripts: sir henry rawlinson cuneiform (behistun) & champollion hieroglyphics. Invented the wheel (pottery first use), plough. Wrote description of greece (or guide to greece) Wrote descriptions/locations of statue of zeus, temple of apollo, mycenae Traveled to egypt, documented/described what he saw/discovered. Legs and base are covered in graffiti from antiquity. Became a christian church, santa maria of the martyrs. Originally the mausoleum of the emperor hadrian. Built into the ruins of the stadium of domitian. Portchester castle (south saxon shore, england)(roman fort)