Early African America: Archaeological Studies of Significance and
... robust data sets and generate new, probing research questions focused on the points of contradiction between these evidentiary sources. Historians’ compilations of data on the operations of the trans-Atlantic slave trade have expanded significantly over the past several decades. The increased specif ...
... robust data sets and generate new, probing research questions focused on the points of contradiction between these evidentiary sources. Historians’ compilations of data on the operations of the trans-Atlantic slave trade have expanded significantly over the past several decades. The increased specif ...
Archaeological Research at the 1778-79 Winter
... for materials may prove informative. This, in turn, raises questions about logistics and supply. Poirier (1976) made an initial attempt to extract this kind of data from an archaeological context, but the study of logistics during the American Revolution has generally been neglected by historians an ...
... for materials may prove informative. This, in turn, raises questions about logistics and supply. Poirier (1976) made an initial attempt to extract this kind of data from an archaeological context, but the study of logistics during the American Revolution has generally been neglected by historians an ...
Volume 35 #4
... laboratory using standard paleomagnetic techniques, such as stepped thermal demagnetization. Field strength and direction are highly dependent on geographic location and databases of measurements for a particular region can be used to construct magnetic, secular variation curves, similar in many way ...
... laboratory using standard paleomagnetic techniques, such as stepped thermal demagnetization. Field strength and direction are highly dependent on geographic location and databases of measurements for a particular region can be used to construct magnetic, secular variation curves, similar in many way ...
The Impact of the River Basin Surveys Program in Historical
... investigated sites were selected because of the information they could provide for the resolution of these questions—the focus was clearly on the problem rather than on the site. The direct-historical approach can be seen, therefore, to have developed as a vital part of the general anthropological a ...
... investigated sites were selected because of the information they could provide for the resolution of these questions—the focus was clearly on the problem rather than on the site. The direct-historical approach can be seen, therefore, to have developed as a vital part of the general anthropological a ...
TOC and sample chapter - University Press of Colorado
... from environmental/ecological determinism and toward issues of perception and cognition, the interpretive archaeology agenda has offered studies of ancient perceptions of the skies more solid theoretical underpinnings (Ruggles 2005a). These render obsolete (what to anthropologists always were) embar ...
... from environmental/ecological determinism and toward issues of perception and cognition, the interpretive archaeology agenda has offered studies of ancient perceptions of the skies more solid theoretical underpinnings (Ruggles 2005a). These render obsolete (what to anthropologists always were) embar ...
(2006). "What is Ethical in Archaeology? An Analysis of Ethical
... Relativist and sociological ethics in anthropology emerged not so much in opposition to, as in mediation and reform of, ethics derived from the normative morality of science. A clear expression is the AAA Statement on Ethics. The Preamble, Introduction and section III.A.1 are especially relevant. M ...
... Relativist and sociological ethics in anthropology emerged not so much in opposition to, as in mediation and reform of, ethics derived from the normative morality of science. A clear expression is the AAA Statement on Ethics. The Preamble, Introduction and section III.A.1 are especially relevant. M ...
Opening Archaeology Repatriation`s Impact on Contemporary
... only recently have been more widely recognized. The discipline’s role in the past and the institutions and social contexts within which its earlier practices were forged and continued to develop are not easily separated from the ethical, practical, or theoretical constructs of contemporary research. ...
... only recently have been more widely recognized. The discipline’s role in the past and the institutions and social contexts within which its earlier practices were forged and continued to develop are not easily separated from the ethical, practical, or theoretical constructs of contemporary research. ...
Monmouth Memories Monmouth Memories Oral History Project Date: November 23 2015
... returned to Freehold, but then moved a couple more times after that. Professor Sansevere always had a love for history. When she was young, she would take neighborhood kids on mock archaeological digs, pretending rocks were dinosaur bones and destroying her backyard in the process. Professor Sanseve ...
... returned to Freehold, but then moved a couple more times after that. Professor Sansevere always had a love for history. When she was young, she would take neighborhood kids on mock archaeological digs, pretending rocks were dinosaur bones and destroying her backyard in the process. Professor Sanseve ...
POSTCOLONIAL THEORY IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND
... older, now classical literature such as Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth, Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, and Cesaire’s Discourse on Colonialism are but a few of the signposts that have lighted the way for anthropologists. It is only natural that possibly the most highly nuanced postcolonial thinking in an ...
... older, now classical literature such as Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth, Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, and Cesaire’s Discourse on Colonialism are but a few of the signposts that have lighted the way for anthropologists. It is only natural that possibly the most highly nuanced postcolonial thinking in an ...
Session Abstracts - Society for American Archaeology
... (SPONSORED BY THE SOCIETY FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCES) The term "ochre" is one of the most poorly defined categories of material culture. Broadly speaking, archaeologists tend to identify any iron-containing rock, mineral, or soil capable of producing a colored streak as ochre. This is at best an in ...
... (SPONSORED BY THE SOCIETY FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCES) The term "ochre" is one of the most poorly defined categories of material culture. Broadly speaking, archaeologists tend to identify any iron-containing rock, mineral, or soil capable of producing a colored streak as ochre. This is at best an in ...
Webmoor WitmoreNAR - Site Home
... partition reality into nature versus society, so that in this partitive scheme there was incontrovertible ownership of the ‘social territory’ and the blitzkrieging advances of the natural sciences could be contained? Is it simply entrepreneurial branding in an academic free market overrun by lobbyin ...
... partition reality into nature versus society, so that in this partitive scheme there was incontrovertible ownership of the ‘social territory’ and the blitzkrieging advances of the natural sciences could be contained? Is it simply entrepreneurial branding in an academic free market overrun by lobbyin ...
*Registration begins April 1, 2014* Course List ANTH 201
... An intensive examination of Afro-American life and culture in the U.S. drawn from historical, archaeological and socio-cultural literature. Attention is given to various systems of adaptation of people of African descent in America, including cultural traditions, urbanization and kinship. Cross-list ...
... An intensive examination of Afro-American life and culture in the U.S. drawn from historical, archaeological and socio-cultural literature. Attention is given to various systems of adaptation of people of African descent in America, including cultural traditions, urbanization and kinship. Cross-list ...
anthropology policy
... Do the ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica or the Middle East fascinate you? Have you ever tried to imagine what life must have been like living in a painted cave and hunting for a living? Have you ever wondered how writing was invented? Archaeology is the study of the life ways of past cultures ba ...
... Do the ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica or the Middle East fascinate you? Have you ever tried to imagine what life must have been like living in a painted cave and hunting for a living? Have you ever wondered how writing was invented? Archaeology is the study of the life ways of past cultures ba ...
ANTHROPOLOGY COURSES FOR FALL 2017
... Otarola-Castillo This course provides an introduction to statistical methods used within the 4-fields of Anthropology. The course motivates statistics through data analysis and visualization. It is designed for students focusing in anthropological disciplines and also useful to students of all inter ...
... Otarola-Castillo This course provides an introduction to statistical methods used within the 4-fields of Anthropology. The course motivates statistics through data analysis and visualization. It is designed for students focusing in anthropological disciplines and also useful to students of all inter ...
Archaeology, Annales, and ethnohistory
... includes breaking down the fences separating the established academic disciplines so that we can bring their varied techniques and theories to bear ...
... includes breaking down the fences separating the established academic disciplines so that we can bring their varied techniques and theories to bear ...
Indigenous Perspectives on Archaeology
... extending the notion that Indigeneity carries with it a modicum of special favor above and beyond that of the other “non-Indigenous” ones in the same situation or country. In Australia, “Indigenous” is equated with “Aboriginal,” and “Aboriginality” has been the topic of discussion for nearly two dec ...
... extending the notion that Indigeneity carries with it a modicum of special favor above and beyond that of the other “non-Indigenous” ones in the same situation or country. In Australia, “Indigenous” is equated with “Aboriginal,” and “Aboriginality” has been the topic of discussion for nearly two dec ...
Archaeology Is Anthropology - CLAS Users
... rather than as the alternative, history, with "its ultimate purpose [being] the discovery of regularities that are in a sense spaceless and timeless" (Phillips 1955:247). He nevertheless recognized that anthropology was "a hybridization of science and history" (Phillips 1955:247), standing with one ...
... rather than as the alternative, history, with "its ultimate purpose [being] the discovery of regularities that are in a sense spaceless and timeless" (Phillips 1955:247). He nevertheless recognized that anthropology was "a hybridization of science and history" (Phillips 1955:247), standing with one ...
Jeffrey S - Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism
... the Willow Chute Bayou Locality. In The Archaeology of the Caddo, edited by T. K. Perttula and C.P. Walker, pp. 239-287. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln. Girard, Jeffrey S. 2012 Recent Investigations at the Mounds Plantation Site (16CD12), Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Caddo Archeology Journal 22:2 ...
... the Willow Chute Bayou Locality. In The Archaeology of the Caddo, edited by T. K. Perttula and C.P. Walker, pp. 239-287. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln. Girard, Jeffrey S. 2012 Recent Investigations at the Mounds Plantation Site (16CD12), Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Caddo Archeology Journal 22:2 ...
anthropology (ant) - Wisconsin Lutheran College
... Students of biological anthropology study the relationship between human biology, the environment, and culture. The core coursework required for a degree in this field, builds upon a student¹s understanding of the biogeography of the planet, the global climate, global geology, and gross human anatom ...
... Students of biological anthropology study the relationship between human biology, the environment, and culture. The core coursework required for a degree in this field, builds upon a student¹s understanding of the biogeography of the planet, the global climate, global geology, and gross human anatom ...
ANTH - UNB
... This course offers an introduction to public and community-based archaeology and provides an overview of archaeology as public outreach. Topics include public engagement and education, the role of museums, universities, and field projects, and the ethical issues around public education focused on ex ...
... This course offers an introduction to public and community-based archaeology and provides an overview of archaeology as public outreach. Topics include public engagement and education, the role of museums, universities, and field projects, and the ethical issues around public education focused on ex ...
evolution and material culture
... theoretical climate in Scandinavian archaeology during the last 20 years has been characterized by a contextual and critical approach that has resulted in a fragmented, narrative, anti-scientific archaeology of marginal interest to other disciplines. In our view an alternative theoretical framework ...
... theoretical climate in Scandinavian archaeology during the last 20 years has been characterized by a contextual and critical approach that has resulted in a fragmented, narrative, anti-scientific archaeology of marginal interest to other disciplines. In our view an alternative theoretical framework ...
Bioarchaeology (Anthropological Archaeology)
... few decades ago many archaeologists did not appreciate the full potential of osteological research as a source of information on biocultural behavior and human adaptation. Such views are best reflected in one archaeologist’s statement to a reporter visiting a prehistoric archaeological excavation in ...
... few decades ago many archaeologists did not appreciate the full potential of osteological research as a source of information on biocultural behavior and human adaptation. Such views are best reflected in one archaeologist’s statement to a reporter visiting a prehistoric archaeological excavation in ...
The World as Artefact: Material Culture Studies and Archaeology
... practice is a colonial notion that the present, indigenous culture is only relevant in relation to something else: a prehistoric society. However, hardly any ethno-archaeological studies are conducted with this purpose, and most often it is the critics of ethnoarchaeology who require ethno-archaeolo ...
... practice is a colonial notion that the present, indigenous culture is only relevant in relation to something else: a prehistoric society. However, hardly any ethno-archaeological studies are conducted with this purpose, and most often it is the critics of ethnoarchaeology who require ethno-archaeolo ...
Pseudoarchaeology
Pseudoarchaeology — also known as alternative archaeology, fringe archaeology, fantastic archaeology, or cult archaeology — refers to interpretations of the past from outside of the archaeological science community, which reject the accepted datagathering and analytical methods of the discipline. These pseudoscientific interpretations involve the use of artifacts, sites or materials to construct scientifically insubstantial theories to supplement the pseudoarchaeologists' claims. Methods include exaggeration of evidence, dramatic or romanticized conclusions, and fabrication of evidence.There is no one singular pseudoarchaeological theory, but many different interpretations of the past that are at odds from those developed by persons who know and understand the data. Some of these revolve around the idea that prehistoric and ancient human societies were aided in their development by intelligent extraterrestrial life, an idea propagated by those such as Swiss author Erich von Däniken in books such as Chariots of the Gods? (1968) and Italian author Peter Kolosimo. Others instead hold that there were human societies in the ancient period that were significantly technologically advanced, such as Atlantis, and this idea has been propagated by figures like Graham Hancock in his Fingerprints of the Gods (1995).Many alternative archaeologies have been adopted by religious groups. Fringe archaeological ideas such as archaeocryptography and pyramidology have been embraced by religions ranging from the British Israelites to the theosophists. Other alternative archaeologies include those that have been adopted by members of New Age and contemporary pagan belief systems. These include the Great Goddess hypothesis, propagated by Marija Gimbutas, according to which prehistoric Europeans worshipped a single female monotheistic deity—and various theories associated with the Earth mysteries movement, such as the concept of ley lines.Academic archaeologists have heavily criticised pseudoarchaeology, with one of the most vocal critics, John R. Cole, characterising it as relying on ""sensationalism, misuse of logic and evidence, misunderstanding of scientific method, and internal contradictions in their arguments."" The relationship between alternative and academic archaeologies has been compared to the relationship between intelligent design theories and evolutionary biology by some archaeologists.