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Deni Seymour spent decades researching first contact between Native Americans and European settlers. Then she found a 500-year-old cannon. How archaeologists dug up the oldest gun ever found in ...
Archaeologist Ian Hodder, a prominent advocate of the latter view, criticised the alternate approach by highlighting that methodological decisions, such as where to open a trench, how diligently to excavate a stratigraphic layer and whether to keep every artefact discovered, are all based on prior theoretical interpretations of the site, and ...
The oldest known tombstone in the US belonged to an English knight and likely came from Belgium, according to a new study that sheds more light on trade routes linked to colonial America.
"Behavioural Archaeology" was first published by Michael B. Schiffer, J. Jefferson Reid, and William L. Rathje in 1975 in the American Anthropologist journal. [1] Leading up to the publication, archaeology as a discipline was expanding in its practice and theory due to the specialisation of various areas and new ideas that were being presented to the community.
Decisions during this phase should be made with the consideration of the cultural and historical value of the site prior to conservation intervention. Reburial: In the instance that leaving a site exposed may cause it further harm, a decision is made to rebury the site. [4] These phases may be repeated and may occur in a different order.
A relationship is seen between archaeology and nationalism. According to Kohl and Fawcett, as well as Trigger, such a relationship is "not necessarily corrupt or intrinsically suspect", any more than it was when European-Americans were making all the decisions about archeological sites and materials.(Kohl and Fawcett 1995: 3; also Trigger 1983).
Visiting Maxville. The site of Maxville, a 40-minute drive from the museum, is integral to providing that programming. Trice has brought private groups, from local students to archeologists, to ...
Archaeologists have a long history of excavating indigenous sites without consulting or collaborating with indigenous peoples. Points of tension include, but are not limited to, the excavation and collection of human remains, the destruction and collections of sacred sites and objects, and archaeological interpretations that ignored or contradicted the opinions and beliefs of indigenous ...