Arch Methods
This subfield of archaeology is primarily interested in how humans interacted with animals. Experts in this field are highly knowledgeable about faunal remains.
What is zooarchaeology?
Located in Wiltshire, England- this famous Neolithic structure is one of the best-known Megaliths, or "giant rock" sites in the world.
What is Stonehenge?
Qin Shi Huang was buried with over 7,000 of these clay figures.
Who are the Terracotta Warriors?
The Neolithic is closely associated with dawn of this subsistence strategy.
What is agriculture?
These spaces often contained medicinal herbs such as Mullein.
What is an enslaved garden?
The archaeological term for "trash heap."
What is a midden?
This Mesoamerican culture developed a knotted rope writing system known as Quipu.
Who are the Inca?
This religious/political system explains how ancient Chinese rulers were granted power, and could then lose that right to power through natural disasters or poor decision making.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Coffee, sorghum, and pearl millet are all endemic to this region.
What is sub-Saharan Africa?
Historical archaeologists are principally interested in cultures after this important historical date.
What is 1492?
Radiocarbon dating (C-14) and dendrochronology are both forms of this dating method.
This ancient Olmec site features an elaborately painted stone floor, and 10 ft. tall stone heads.
What is the San Lorenzo site?
Seismographs, iron casting, and paper production were all hallmarks of this Dynasty.
What is the Han?
The first agriculturalists settled in this region.
What is Mesopotamia or the Levant?
This Virginian site represents the longest running historical archaeology excavation in the Americas.
What is Monticello?
This law establishes that older artifacts are typically in lower strata than more modern materials.
What is the Law of Superposition?
Residents at this site, excavated by David Okanlawan, made buttons out of animal bones, and used African cooking techniques to prepare foods for European colonists.
What is Bunce Island?
This Shang dynasty era archaeology site contains some of the first evidence of Chinese writing, carved onto oracle bones.
What is Yinxu/Anyang?
Skeletal changes in the Neolithic led agriculturalist to pronounce these sounds easier.
What are V's and F's?
Approximately this many enslaved individuals were brought to the Americas from Africa before the 1860s.
What is 12.5 million?
This emerging technology uses thousands of laser points to reconstruct landscapes. It has been particularly effective for finding Maya archaeology sites.
This ancient African city was once thought to be built by Europeans. However, it is actually a premier example of indigenous architecture.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
Discovered in the 1980s, this Song dynasty shipwreck contained over 80,000 artifacts.
What is Nanhai?
This scholar characterized civilizations as communities which had a ruling class, food surpluses, monumental architecture, writing systems, labor divisions, and long-distance trade.
Who is Gordon Childe?
This is a space designed with the explicit intention of oversight. These places promote self-surveillance through the idea that individuals may be constantly watched.
What is a panopticon?