[Anthropology 2229F/G] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (48 pages long!)

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Found in 1996: columbia river in washington. C-14 dated to around 9400 years ago: does not look like modern north american native people. Subject of a long legal battle between native americans who claimed him under. Nagpra and wanted to rebury him while scientists wanted to study him. 2004 legal decision allowed scientific study: concluded he is most similar to southeast asian populations. Dna tests conducted in 2015 concluded that he is most similar to modern native. Americans: he will be returned to the tribes for reburial. This raised issues about the relationships between archaeologists and natives. Means the same as bc bit avoids religious connotations. Means the same as ad but avoid religious connotations. 1950 is arbitrarily set as the zero point. Egyptians: an interest in the past but not archaeological tradition. Gods created civilization in a perfect form. Human societies were in a state of decline. King nabonidus: circa 538 bce: the first archaeologist .