Terminology
This dating technique is used to analyze the order and position of geological layers.
What is stratigraphy?
This ancient city was the site of a devastating volcanic eruption in 79 AD and is a popular tourist destination today.
What is Pompeii?
This fedora-wearing archaeologist battled Nazis and found the Ark of the Covenant in a five-film franchise of the same name.
Who is Indiana Jones?
This subdiscipline focuses on the study of the human biological component evident in the archaeological record.
What is bioarchaeology?
This laboratory on campus, run by Dr. Ryan Kennedy, houses over 10,000 faunal remains in its collection.
Radio carbon dating is an example of this type of dating, in which the exact age range of something can be determined.
What is absolute dating?
This archaeological site in Virginia was home to the first successful English settlement in the Americas.
What is Jamestown?
This long-running video game and movie franchise features a treasure-hunting archaeologist named Lara.
What is Tomb Raider?
IU students and faculty working on the site of Captain Kidd's shipwreck in the Dominican Republic would be called this kind of archaeologist.
What is an underwater archaeologist?
The IU Archaeology Field School at Twin Pines Village in New Mexico is run by this anthropology professor.
Who is Dr. Fumi Arakawa?
This geophysical method transmits radio wave pulses at select center frequencies into the ground to study the subsurface.
What is Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)?
At its peak, this ancient Mississippian city is said to have been larger than London in both population and area.
What is Cahokia?
In this controversial TV show, the pseudoarcheology theory that extraterrestrials have helped build impressive structures throughout history is presented.
What is Ancient Aliens?
Archaeologists of this subdiscipline in the United States tend to specialize in early European settlements, the effects of colonization on Indigenous communities, and the spread of industrialization.
What is historical archaeology?
Offered for Fall 2025, this course, taught by Dr. Keitlyn Alcantara, covers the long-term history of human diet and how it has influenced our development.
What is "Prehistoric Diet and Nutrition"?
This archaeological digging method involves excavating small holes along a grid at equal distance and depths.
What is a Shovel Test Survey?
The Neolithic site of Gobekli Tepe, home to some of the world's largest known megaliths, is located in which present-day country?
What is Turkey?
In The Mummy (1999), this actor stars as Rick O'Connell, an American treasure hunter and adventurer.
Who is Brendan Fraser?
Archaeologists specializing in this subdiscipline study plant remains throughout geologic history.
What is paleobotany?
This professor, serving as Chair of the Anthropology department, specializes in the household archaeology of ancient and colonial Mexico.
Who is Dr. Stacie King?
From Greek for "old writing," this field studies ancient inscriptions carved into materials.
What is epigraphy?
The occupants of Dolni Vestonice, a Paleolithic site in present-day Czech Republic, made some of their dwellings using the bones of this megafauna.
What is the mammoth?
In this 2014 horror film, a documentary crew explores the Catacombs of Paris to search for the Philosopher's Stone.
What is As Above, So Below?
This method is used to reconstruct past environments based on pollen analysis.
What is palynology?
This curator and scholar began serving as executive director of the IU Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in April of 2023.