ANT 3200 Study Guide - Winter 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Detroit, World War Ii, United States
12 Oct 2018
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Department
Course
Professor
ANT 3200
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Key Words
Detroit
Contemporary Archaeology
Renaissance Center
Roosevelt Park/Corktown
Urbanization
Little Harry’s Speakeasy
Blue Bird Inn
Historical Archaeology
Public Archaeology
Grossup Museum of Anthropology
Metropolis
Displacement
Arnold Pilling
Skyscraper Archaeologist
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Urbanization → movement, resettlement to the cities
Metropolis → conglomerate of cities dependent on one another and connected within a shared
space, generally near/surrounding one dominant city
A megalopolis would be a set of interconnected metropoles.
Mega city is a city with population > 10 million. Common in China, vertical growth.
70% of the world lives in a city.
Urbanization pros
→ diverse job opportunities/more opportunities
→ accelerated movement and easy access of knowledge, food, healthcare
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Cons
→ pollution, waste
→ disease spread
→ infrastructure decay
Cities leave things behind → waste, infrastructure, memories of days gone by that people don’t
think to record in writing
Detroit is big. High ratio of single family homes, especially compared to other urban areas.
During revitalization, only 8 out of 139 square miles are being developed.
Today we consider Historical Archaeology to cover the last 500 years, and Contemporary
Archaeology to cover what has happened in living memory. Today that goes back to around
World War II.
Grossup Anthropology Museum → WSU Museum in Old Main
The first excavation in Detroit was under Quicken Loans. This was also the first example of
excavation before building a city in the United States.
Public Archaeology is archaeology which involves the community in the area.
Arnold Pilling was the first archaeologist in Detroit.
Originally, archaeologists were almost strictly interested in colonial civilizations, ignoring
anything that came before.
When building the Renaissance Center, they destroyed 9 city blocks.
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Document Summary
Metropolis conglomerate of cities dependent on one another and connected within a shared space, generally near/surrounding one dominant city. A megalopolis would be a set of interconnected metropoles. Mega city is a city with population > 10 million. 70% of the world lives in a city. Accelerated movement and easy access of knowledge, food, healthcare. Cities leave things behind waste, infrastructure, memories of days gone by that people don"t think to record in writing. High ratio of single family homes, especially compared to other urban areas. During revitalization, only 8 out of 139 square miles are being developed. Today we consider historical archaeology to cover the last 500 years, and contemporary. Archaeology to cover what has happened in living memory. Grossup anthropology museum wsu museum in old main. The first excavation in detroit was under quicken loans. This was also the first example of excavation before building a city in the united states.
