Methods
Archaeological fieldwork that involves digging.
The on-campus dig.
What is the Hopkin's House?
A prestigious archaeologist who excavates in Southern France and answers ALL of his emails.
Who is Benjamin Luley?
The concept of viewing a society on their own terms.
What is cultural relativity?
A commonly found artifact type that varies in creation method, color, pattern, and can relatively date a site.
What are ceramics/pottery?
A method of surveying lands using light rays.
What is LIDAR?
A famous Roman site that is still partially unexcavated in order to preserve buildings and artifacts under the surface.
What is Pompeii?
A boasian archaeologist who famously hated fieldwork and preferred interpretation. Commonly known as "The Great Synthesizer".
Who is Vere Gordon Childe?
The four fields of Anthropology.
What is Cultural Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology, Physical/Biological Anthropology, and Archaeology
A group of underground soldiers in China discovered protecting the tomb of an emperor.
What is the Terracotta Army?
A method of dating organic materials.
What is C14/Radiocarbon Dating?
A controversial site in Peru that is a major tourist attraction. Concerns about its cultural heritage and preservation have been raised.
What is Machu Picchu?
This president supervised an archaeological excavation of a native american burial mound on his private land.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The anthropologist credited for creating the four-field approach to archaeology.
Who is Franz Boas?
A group of artifacts that are split between the British Museum and the Acropolis Museum in Athens.
What are the Elgin Marbles?
A method of using water to wash soil samples and discover botanical ecofacts and small artifacts.
What is Flotation?
A famous Greek site known for its connection to the mythological Minotaur and Theseus.
What is Knossos?
A Durkheimian archaeologist who inspired the start of British Structural-Functionalism.
Who is A. Radcliffe-Brown?
The school of anthropology that renewed a focus on scientific methods and data gathering.
What is New Archaeology/Cultural Materialist/Neo-Evolutionist?
A set of mummified remains discovered in September of 1991 at the Austria-Italy border.
Who is Ötzi the Iceman?
A Mesopotamian site referenced in the Bible, constructed and inhabited by the Sumerians.
What is Ur?
The man credited as being the first archaeologist. BCE/AD.
Who is King Nabdonius?
What is the main difference between American Anthropology and Anthropology in other countries?
What is Including Archaeology within Anthropology?