archaeological techniques that allowed for professional research to be conducted. Diving opened up the possibility of surveying and excavating underwater sites without having to remove the water and its preservative characteristics. Mainstream archaeologists still find it difficult to accept that archaeological work can be successfully performed underwater, but the methods and techniques used to survey and excavate the lake dwellings of Scotland have proved the contrary. Although evidence for lake
Singh, Hanumant; Adams, Jonathan; Mindell, David; and Foley, Brendan 2000 Imaging Underwater for Archaeology. Journal of Field Archaeology volume 27 number 3: 319-328. The article by the various authors listed above concentrated on the various techniques that are used to locate and then to excavate these sites. They list and discuss the various techniques that they use. These vary from side-scanning to locate the sites to high resolution video to see how the site appears and the various locations
Archaeology is a continuously evolving field where there is a constant stream of new branches and excavation methods. Due to the influx of new technologies and innovations in recent decades, archaeologists have been able to excavate previously inaccessible areas. For example, new diving equipment and tools such as proton magnetometers, side-scan sonar, sub-bottom profiler, and miniature submarines have allowed archaeologists to dive into the deep depths of the ocean. As a result, the branch of underwater
Archaeology is the closest thing we have to a time machine. It is the only way we can know the unrecorded, and sometimes even the recorded, past. History may be written by the victorious, but archaeology is about the common people. There are archaeological sites ranging in age from thousands-of-years-old prehistoric habitations, to the Egyptian pyramids, to World War II military bases. As a means of obtaining knowledge about our collective past, archaeology has been unsurpassed. It is the literal
The archaeology of shipwrecks is an academic field that focuses on studying and exploring shipwrecks of the past. The shipwrecks discovered all around the world serves as a bridge to understanding the past and the lost cultural heritage, and teaching lessons on “how the environment and human error can damage each other.” One of the most famous and historic shipwrecks that helped shape the United States’ maritime warfare is the USS Monitor. Through the help of modern underwater technology, the shipwreck
The Contribution Archaeological or Written Evidence Have Made to Our Understanding of the Harbour’s Significance in Alexandrian Life and Society Archaeological excavations and written sources have provided a significant contribution to the understanding of the Harbour’s impact within Alexandrian society. The ancient city of Alexandria quickly became a booming metropolis equal in size to such great cities as Rome and Athens. Perhaps the main stimulant of this intense and rapid growth was the
better understand their culture. By practicing the scientific process of archaeological underwater excavation archaeologists are able to retrieve pieces of cultural material that provide for us, a looking glass into the past. Over the years our understanding and practices of shipwreck identification, exploration, and conservation have evolved. We will explore the revolutionary beginnings of the science of underwater archeology along with the many processes that make up the practice of shipwreck excavation
Excavation is the base tool for archaeologists who are trying to understand the past of any civilization. When people are asked what they know about archaeology, excavation is often the first thing that comes to mind, and there is an important reason behind it: excavation is the first step towards archaeological discovery! The point of this paper is to describe the process of excavation and how it leads to the discovery of human remains and their examination using Isotope Analysis. Isotopes are
Examining excavated artifacts can tell researchers a lot about the people who left them behind. The artifacts can hint at characteristics such as how people lived, what time period they were from, what they ate, and how their families were structured. The identification of the three bags of artifacts was completed by utilizing artifacts that helped to infer the time period it was from. Bag one contained seven artifacts that were dug up in Missouri. The items included were a tab from a can, a
The Valley of the Kings is a valley in Egypt which was chosen as the burial ground for a great number of pharaohs and nobles of the New Kingdom; the New Kingdom in Egypt spans the time between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC which includes the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth dynasties of Egypt (Long 2015: 39). In 1979 an organization known as the Theban Mapping Project was organized to strategically catalogue the present and available archaeological record of the Theban Necropolis
(“ISIS Raises Fears of Destroying Another Historical Site.” 25 May 2015.). Furthermore, ISIS has raised fears that they may destroy Nimrud, which was the first capital of ancient Assyria between 900 and 612 B.C. Mark Altaweel, who is a professor of archaeology at University College London, stated “Nimrud was a large site, the full potential of which had not been uncovered”(“ISIS Raises Fears of Destroying Another Historical Site.” 25 May 2015.). Sadly many other ancient places have also been obliterated
1) Metallurgical Origins in Africa Introduction The study of metallurgy in Africa has been dominated by a concern with origins and antiquity. Some Anthropologists believe that African metallurgy was an early, independent invention, while others believe that it was an innovation, which came relatively late, and was a product of diffusion. With these two hypotheses as our only reference points, we are limited in our knowledge of metallurgy as well as its role in the lives of African people. Anthropologists
The second question frequently asked regarding Schliemann’s legacy examines his motives and skill as an excavator: was Heinrich Schliemann a good archaeologist? This question has two sides. First, did Schliemann use the best techniques and technology available to him at time of his first excavation? Second, did he have the same values that other archaeologists have? One area that Schliemann deserves praise in his technique. For the most part, he used the most advanced technology and strategies available
The debate over cultural properties is one that has continued since the beginning of archaeological discovery. Who owns the past, or has the right to preserve cultural remains, are questions that drive this debate and cause controversy among societies. (Messenger) The way that cultural artifacts are obtained have the most uproar among the archaeological society. Collectors and looters are the source of this issue and have been discredited by many archaeological societies. Modern societies and governments
I chose four different anthropological projects from around the word in which I believe would be best for the Archaeology Conservancy to protect. I ranked these different projects based on quality of work, potential for public use, threatened nature, and heritage importance. I first reviewed the Mosfell Archeological project in Iceland. This area will construct a vivid picture of the human and environmental change in southwestern Ireland. The purpose of this project is to find the prehistory and
I’ve decided to write my paper on a building that I feel is aesthetically pleasing. The building I chose is the Castle museum in downtown Saginaw, Mi. The Castle Museum was a building that was originally constructed to be a post office. It has French Renaissance Revival architecture and was dedicated on July 3, 1898. The architect behind this building was William Martin Aitken and he proclaimed that his design for this building was to have been inspired by the early French settlement of the Saginaw
Archaeological studies of the paleolithic record commonly neglect to mention the or study in depth the children of the culture/time period in question. It is important to study children, because they can tell us a lot about the culture they lived in and the adults of that era. Sometimes studying children is problematic because of terminology and stuff, but there are a few things we know for sure. If we apply this reasoning to the study of neanderthals, we can learn more about the lives of neanderthals
methodologies, some archaeologists became frustrated with the traditional ways of archaeology; they felt that the new technologies should be used to improve archaeology and the outcomes of professionals in the field. The New Archaeology was a movement that sought to contribute to the existing anthropological knowledge of human behavior by emerging as a science and separating itself from the historical approach. New archaeology did not merely incorporate scientific technology, but it also employed various
that make up archaeology. Archaeology was initially seen as a type of history or a historical study it focused mainly on the explication of the past, as well as gathering data to set chronologies. However many archaeologists feel that archaeology should focus on the explanation of the past rather than the explication of it. The first transformation that was documented produced “Processual Archaeology” it evolved from the old historical and antiquarian ways. Processual Archaeology was developed
While looking through the book list I was mainly looking for a title that really got my attention and would be a good read. With this goal in mind I really thought that “From a Watery Grave: The Discovery and Excavation of La Salle’s Shipwreck, La Belle” fit that criteria. While reading it I gained a lot of insight on how you go about excavating a sunken ship. The book is about the excavation of the explorer Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle ship the La Belle. The ship slammed in the Texas bay