Archaeology

in Anthropology today is the link between colonialism and archaeology. Moro-Abadia (2006) explains that “during most of the twentieth century, the history of archaeology has been an eloquent example of ‘colonial discourse’, by which colonialist groups constitute the field of truth about the past by imposing specific knowledge, practices and values upon colonized groups.” Moro-Abadia (2006) explains three ways that the history of archaeology acted as a tool of knowledge-power about the past within

The Archaeologist in Fiction Archaeology is one of the greatest examples of inaccurate and overdramatized job portrayals in fiction works. This can best be seen through analyzing the 1999 summer classic, The Mummy. From lost cities made visible by sunrise, to the ancient dead rising again to exact revenge, this movie is a huge archaeological trope through and through. The main hero in the story, Rick O’Connell, can only be called an archaeologist through film. Busting through tombs and shooting

and assisted in the conservation, protection and reconstruction of the sites. In source 5, Steven Ellis stated that ‘Pompeii as an archaeological site is the longest continually excavated site in the world ... the development in the science of archaeology was tested out in Pompeii - with mixed results’ indicates that scientific methods used in Pompeii revealed details that were either conclusive or inconclusive.This method changed and challenged archaeologists as some viewed it as positive in the

Processual archaeology highlights problems that are associated with a lack of interpretation of scientific results, this opposition of thought being post processual archaeology. Post processual or interpretive archaeology is a reaction to the limitations of a purely deterministic viewpoint, emphasising the subjectivity of the interpretation of material culture. This suggests that archaeology, whilst being scientifically based, is a subjective opposed to objective discipline and thus incorporates

Archaeology is the scientific study of humans from the origin through the present. It encompasses the investigating, analyzing, and interpreting of culture, behavior and the material remains of previous human societies. Material remains, or artifacts, might include structures, garbage-heaps, tools, metals, ceramics, or food. Archaeology is an important field of anthropology, which is the study of human culture. Archaeologists concentrate on past societies and cultures and study their changes in those

Archaeology can be defined as the study of past cultures through their material remains. While we have records and histories from recent civilizations, archaeology is integral to our understanding of ancient culture and civilization which came before written history, or whose recorded history has been destroyed or lost. The most important thing that the field of archaeology can provide is a glimpse into the time before recorded history, the development of humanity, its culture, and how we came to

Archaeology in the media is portrayed as very high risk and thrilling. Not to diminish the excitement of archeology, but the portrayal of archeology in movies is extremely exaggerated and far from accurate. In Indiana Jones Indy is often plagued by so many forces that try to set him back from his archaeological goals. He faces looters, booby traps, destructive weather, etc… Looters, while they are a very real problem and threat to the modern search for lost history are depicted as bloodthirsty

May 9th, 2016, the Boston University Archaeology Department held a public outreach event called, “Eating Archaeology”, where guests were served foods from four different time periods and places: Bronze-age Mycenae, Bronze-age China, Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, specifically the Aztecs, and mid-19th century Boston. The creation of these dishes was made possible through analyzing archaeological sites through the lens of the newly popularized sub-field, archaeology of the senses, which studies how the

Archaeology, has its roots in antiquarianism in the 18th-century in Europe. In the 19th to 20th under the stewardship of scholars like William Petrie, the discipline of archaeology began to take shape. Evolving from a hobbyist movement to full-fledged discipline. Somewhere along the line modern archaeology diverges into two paths. In north America, archaeology became a sub-discipline of anthropology while in Europe it became a sub-discipline of history. Each hold a claim to have archaeology under

to attend a one-day professional development. The professional development was on integrating mathematics and archaeology. The workshop was held on Monday, October 03 at Miami Dade College InterAmerican Campus from 8:30am to 2pm. The workshop was hosted by Professor Regina Williams and the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN). However, the workshop was presented by public archaeology coordinators, Mallory Fenn and Sara Ayers-Rigsby. FPAN’s purpose is to encourage and enable the preservation,