When identifying an artifact, archeologists have to rely heavily on preexisting knowledge, common senses, and each other. Exercise one displayed how the identity of an artifact and its cultural importance is not easily determined by its outward appearance. Even if the identification of the artifact is obvious, archeologists ask basic questions in order to understand the use and significances of an artifact. Often this question lead to more questions rather than answers, still the assignment showed how asking questions and gathering basic information could lead to the identification of different artifacts. Artifact number one is a manila. A manila is a copper or copper alloy bracelet that Europeans used as a form of money in the African slave trade. According to one source Africans considered copper to be equivalent to modern gold and the bracelets …show more content…
According to John T. Powell, the Spanish military and Spanish colonist used these buttons. In addition, American colonist wore these buttons as a sign of rebellion against English rule. The rust and the erosion of the artifact are smaller to that of coins found under water. Research gained from past assignments hinted toward a military button. However, most of the buttons were not flat enough to be the artifact in question. The next step in the researcher was to see if the artifact related to coin minting. Researching coins lead to the connection between the Spanish reel and the top design on the button. Even after identifying, the artifact there was more information to discover. The ca in the bottom left hand corner of the coin is the beginning of the Latin form of Charles III, which would date this coin approximately, 1759-1788. This artifact shows that an archeologist has to be careful when looking at artifacts because people often reuse the old in order to make something
The art is locate more than 100 m into the cave and the artifacts were found at the cave’s opening. The artifacts were linked to the Early Woodland/early Middle Woodland to the Mississippian period. The ways that the artifacts were dated was by looking that the markings and the brushing of the ceramics. In the center of the...
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I recently visited the American History museum and came upon the most interesting artifact in the Lighting a Revolution section within the Transportation and Technology wing of the museum. This artifact is an advertisement from Charleston, South Carolina in 1769 about the selling of “a choice cargo” of two hundred and fifty slaves.
The picture I choose for my personal artifact assignment is a picture of my old HALO-3 helmet based of the video game HALO which is a sci-fi & military science fiction first-person shooter video game. The game deals with inter- galactic warfare which also involves fictional characters to travel around in space, explore new discoveries and findings in planets. The reason why I choose this helmet as my artifact is that it relates to our coarse earth and space a lot as it merely almost looks like a future of what could be of a astronauts helmet and through the game and in the course they also show resemblance of how life is in space, different theories and the game also sheds some light on how the future of space travel may be in the years yet
If you ask the majority of citizens in the United States about their opinion on the validity of geography-based cultural heritage claims, chances are they will either look at you like you are crazy or dive into an explanation about the most recent show they saw on the history channel about the repatriation of the Kennewick Man. Like any other topic, a person’s scope of knowledge in regards to archaeology is limited to the material that they have been exposed to. In today’s society, the majority of this information is gleaned from popular media sources such as National Geographic, the History Channel, Wikipedia, and other mainstream “educational” resources. Although very popular, these resources often offer interpretations that sensationalize and misrepresent archaeological data. The media is the main conduit of educational information and therefore, has a societal obligation to accurately portray archaeological findings and data.
All in all, I now understand the 9 ways contemporary archaeology methods now differ from the way things use to be. These 9 methods were used by some of the 5 arcaheologists presented: less intrusive, controlled excavation, artifacts not acquired for profit, detailed notes and documentation, better cataloguing methods, focusing on site interpretation not data recovery, use of strata for excavation, education and ethical
These items include a piece of a rapier handle, severely rusted, and a small writing tablet, which appears to still have the letter “M” scratched on it. In other earlier discoveries, things like English pottery, pipe pieces, gun flints, lead shot, wine bottles, beads, rolled copper, and more. While some of the items were from many years later, many of them could very well point to the movement of the Roanoke residents of the 16th
I have selected one of the artifacts to talk about, the pet rock. I know that this artifact may seem silly or not even considered valued or an artifact to some, but it is. Gary Dahl had a sense of humor when creating this artifact. Yes, he may have just been an advertising executive to some, but in the 1970s he invented the Pet Rock. His invention is funny, brings joy and smiles to others, and is art. It has a purpose of being a pet, but also more than that. It can bring joy, happiness, humor, comfort, and much more to a person. That is why some may make fun of this artifact or Gary Dahl, but this invention was made with a sense of humor and sharing that with others in the world. Not only has the pet rock made Gary rich, but this artifact has
As I walked to the Daly Science Center from Benson Memorial with a stomach full of ridiculously expensive cheap food, I expected the lecture of Dr. Bass to be more or less of a rehashing of what he spoke to our class about earlier in the day, albeit with a few more and older people watching. My first surprise came as I opened the door of lecture hall 206 and saw all the students sitting on the stairs. I myself was relegated to sitting at the very top of the stairs, near the door, with other students sitting on nearly every stair all the way down. As soon as I sat down I was immediately drawn into the lecture by Dr. Bass’s immense passion and visible love for his field of work. My second surprise came as I listened to his tales of various escapades and adventures along the Turkish coast. The most impressive part of his lecture was his comfort in not only lecturing on the intellectual context of his work, but also his willingness to share his personal experiences with a large group of strangers. The longer I listened to Dr. Bass speak the more honored I felt to be in the presence of a true legend of archaeology. At first I did not understand why he included the slide and story about the beach where him and his wife spent their honeymoon forty years ago. However, towards the end of the lecture when he brought us back to that same beach, I was amazed that it has come to be known as “the beach where the American’s were”. You notice I say brought “us” because that is exactly what Dr. Bass did Monday evening. He brought us as an audience with him on his trips to the Near East and down to the sea floor to look for amphoras and scarabs in shipwrecks, which before his work nobody knew existed.
This artifact is a lesson plan I designed for a second grade class teaching grammar, writing, reading comprehension, connections to art, and project presentation that demonstrates my ability to support and expand each learner’s expression in speaking, writing, and other media. The lesson begins with grammar instruction, guided practice, and individual practice, which expands the learner’s writing skills. The learner’s writing expression is also supported through guided practice during the ‘Checking for Understanding’ section of the plan and expanded through the challenge of creative writing in the ‘Independent Practice’ section. I support each learner’s speaking skills by grading each student at or slightly above his or her level during the
The artifact record keeping strategies and practices of archaeologists and excavators can be compared to modern day bookkeeping as every artifact has to be journalized and posted to some sort of a ledger as every transaction in accounting has to be analyzed, then journalized and posted to a ledger.
The philosophies of archaeology can be a source for some major confusion in the field of study. We use philosophy to explain to not only others but to ourselves about why we do what we do. In archaeological research, epistemology and ontological seem to be our core philosophies for understanding, but both have caused problems in the way of their usage. Without a clear understanding of these two philosophies, the reason for what we do falls apart and effect how we study archeology as a whole. We as student must understand these philosophies in order to better see how to perceive and understand our fields.
When your go to a museum, you look at all the amazing artifacts and wonder, do the artifacts in the museum really come from my state/country? Do the Artifact belong to my state/country? Cultural artifacts contain a presence of ones culture. The culture is in the artifact in every way and form. People are taking away the cultural side of the artifact by taking away the artifact from the place of origin. Cultural artifacts should be returned to their regions of origin. So the region can look at the artifacts and see themselves in the culture.
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Subsequent to the study of different philosophies of art, as well as completing projects asking for personal preference in art as well as objective “fine art,” a personal philosophy may, by necessity, include subjective and objective facets. In determining what fine art is, the quality of universality is important. There also does not have to be a traditional presentation of beauty for a work of art to be fine art. Contrary to R. G. Collingwood’s philosophy, for fine art the culture and setting in which art is created should not matter, because if art is universal and timeless, meaning endures outside of where and when it was created. Evaluation of art can be subjective, but fine art is universally appreciated regardless of understanding background,