ARKY 327 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - City, Mummy, Sarcophagus
20 Nov 2018
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Greek and aztec practice- buried with a small dog to bring with them to the afterlife. Burial practices provides insight into how people lived at the time and their beliefs about afterlife. Most museum artifacts are from burial contexts. Mortuary architecture- pyramids of giza, built in the lifetime of the pharaoh, massive amount of labour controlled by the state providing info about the ability to control labour and ideas behind mentality. Chiefdom level is when monumentality starts- has to do with how much power a political figure can exert. Pyramids of giza- see a progression of engineering and architecture techniques(starting with the step pyramids") as well as progression of control of labour. Angle of the pyramids was the perfect angle for the ascent into heaven-mathematical and architectural ideas working together with religion. Evidence of mummification- preservation of the dead. Different formulas for packing the bodies with herbs, spices, cloths and amulets.
