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Mummies, mole people, and cursed mysterious artifacts. Yes, archaeology has its fair share of Hollywood created horrors. For the most part, they're quite entertaining, but if you want to know what really scares archaeologists, keep reading. 1. Missing Labels You start off really excited because something amazing has landed on your desk. You can't wait
One of the most frequent questions that I get from undergraduate archaeology majors is some variant of 'How did you get to where you are now?' This is a valid question as every archaeologist has a different story and career trajectory. That being said, I think what most undergraduates are really asking is 'What can
Definition: Archaeology is the scientific study of past human culture, behaviour, and cognition through material remains left from the past.
The exquisitely decorated coffin was discovered near the pharaonic temple of Thutmose III and still contains the remains of its owner.
Archaeologists Have Found The Oldest Copy Of One Of The Most Important Stories Ever Told
Scientists dug up a lot of cool history this year.
Iron Age Owl Brooch Unearthed in Denmark Shaped like an owl, the brooch, which has large orange eyes and colorful wings, dates to the Iron Age, and would have been used to fasten a man’s cloak. “There...
The 20th century marked the development of theories in archaeology. | New Archaeology | Post-Processual Archaeology | History of Archaeology
More Than 200 Skeletons Found In Mass Grave Under French Supermarket - But What Killed Them?
Some of the more eagle eyed amongst our readers will have already realised that we’ve covered this particular subject over at the forum, and, to be honest, we’ve lifted this article (originally compiled by Fiona Birchall and then retranslated by myself) almost verbatim from my ‘new and improved’ version. However, considering that only three and a half people actually bothered to read the original (don’t ask me where the half comes from…I can only assume the counter’s broken again) we thought it worth repeating here. (Who knows…the other half a human being might read it now and round the figures up.) Anyhow, trowelling techniques on the face of it probably seem obvious enough (the expression concerning ‘grandmothers’, ‘eggs’ and ‘sucking’ springs to mind), but they’re actually very important. A lot of the more inexperienced excavators might have missed some of the basics (let’s be honest, we all have a tendency to overlook the wood for the trees from time to time) so a quick wash and brush up wouldn’t go amiss. And just to make this article a bit more interesting, I’ve added a few illustrations. Pay close attention. There might be a quiz at the end. Before we start this exercise, you will require some dirt (by which we’re not referring to the sort of dirt you'd find in a cat's litter tray, but a bucket of soil…everything’s so damned Americanised these days) and a 4-inch pointing trowel (which is a trowel used for 'pointing brickwork'...not a trowel that’s pointing at something.) One. Always trowel in the same direction (i.e. the direction in which you started trowelling when the trench was first opened…or to put it another way, don’t change course in midstream. Obviously this doesn’t mean that you have to remember the direction you were trowelling several trenches previously…just trowel in one direction throughout the current trench unless otherwise directed.) Two. Use the flat edge of the trowel rather than the corner. Using the corner results in grooves being left. (Don’t forget, I'm in charge of all Wyre Archaeology excavations and I take a ruthless stance. Anybody found using the corner of their trowel and making grooves in important stratigraphy on one of my digs will be belted round the back of the head with a mattock.) Three. Trowel at an angle of 35 degrees from the ground. (Again, take note. Anybody found trowelling at 36 degrees or 34 degrees will, it goes without saying, be severely punished.) Four. Always trowel with a sweeping action of the arm rather than the emphasis being on your wrist. (There is actually a good reason for this. Constant and repetitive flicking of the wrist can result in RSI and, as comprehensive as Wyre Archaeology's insurance is, you can bet your life we won't be paying out compensation on that one.) Five. Make sure that you don't create or leave any smudge marks. (So if you’re going to eat a cheese and pickle butty, please leave the trench first.) Six. In a trench containing more than one person, ensure that the foremost individual trowels a meter span in front of the other. (Sharp trowel points accidentally jabbing you up the backside can be painful.) Seven. Be careful not to miss any areas when several people are trowelling at once. Also check that you haven't left any ridges between the areas already trowelled. (Especially if you’ve been using them as a makeshift seat.) Eight. Trowelling allows the trench to be cleaned, thus helping define any features. It also improves feature and strata clarity for the photographs and other methods of recording (which we’ll be covering in another article because it’s about time you lot started filling in some paperwork). Nine. Depending on the thickness of the blade, trowelling should always be conducted as a slicing action and not a digging one. If we wanted a trench to be dug out using trowels we’d employ smurfs. Okay...if you weren’t already completely familiar with these trowelling techniques, then it might be an idea to procure yourself a plant pot/small plot of garden and have a few practice swings before starting on any future excavation work. Alternatively, take your trowel along to the nearest park and set about practicing on the flowerbeds. Park keepers are always very interested in archaeology and will no doubt lend you a friendly hand to perfect your technique. For more interesting topics related to archaeology, visit archaeology excavations.
This beautifully written soft cover, college level textbook, Ascent To Civilization - The Archaeology of Early Man by John Gowlett was published in 1984 by Alfred A. Knopf. It has 208 pages and features wonderful photos and illustrations. It measures 11+1/2 x 8+1/2 x 1/2 and is in nice good condition, except for a bit of wear to the cover. ON-LINE REVIEW: Written by a brilliant archaeologist and beautifully illustrated, this book is an account of the rise and development of human culture, told in terms of its discovery. This book describes how archaeologists actually work ... how tools were used ... techniques of hunting and gathering food ... migrations over continents ... strange and beautiful cave paintings ... and the developments from agriculture to the written word. This is one of the most wide-ranging and exciting introduction to the human story.
Archaeology has a complicated and dynamic past, rather than a single, specific start. the history of archaeology is divided into five phases.
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'Bird figure stone' Adrian Ellis finds, central Virginia 'Bird in hand with eye and beak detail' Hook-billed bird head (like an eagle) with stone removal to make the beak identified by Adrian. Bird heads and bird figures are commonly found at these kinds of archaeology sites. Bird forms and quasi bird forms from the site Three animal head sculptures identified by Adrian Ellis who has an MFA degree in sculpture from UCLA and has studied stone sculpture. The top two look like felines and the bottom one is more vague but likely feline too. They all have worked 'eyes.' Illustration of the worked eye areas on the three animal head sculptures A Levallois-like point from this central Virginia site A geometric point Worked and then worn through use rhomboid shapes identified by Adrian Oldowan rhomboids, Netherlands, 700,000 to 200,000 BP, from originsnet.org for comparison to Virginia examples above found by Adrian Ellis. A simple Oldowan Mode I Lithics cobble tool from Virginia with two breaks to create a sharp edge. These simple cultural materials with such light modification are too often overlooked in American Archaeology. A worked stone survey from the site. There is a noticeable lack of flint among the artifacts at the site. This may indicate a preference for non-flint materials because flint is often tied to the landscape in very specific places. It may indicate a people not very familiar with the flint tool stone resources in the area who have to make do with what they have at hand. It may indicate a people with Asian tool making traditions which favored coarse stone materials because flint and chert materials are relatively scarce there. "I also want to share with you how poorly I've been treated by the archaeological community... Still cannot believe that I have been told these are only river rocks, if you have half a brain, you can see they are tools." -Adrian Ellis, Virginia Central Virginia location of these featured artifacts found and identified by Adrian. The field of Archaeology continues to squander opportunities to identify new patterns of lithics behavior on the landscape by its inability or unwillingness to take some very astute and observant non-professionals like Adrian Ellis seriously.
This post gives you a behind-the-scenes look at what went into the discovery and publication of Beta Samati.
The scandalous rape of Ancient Egypt is a historical vignette of greed, vanity, and dedicated archaeological research. It is a tale vividly told by renowned archaeology author, Brian Fagan, with characters that include the ancient historian Herodotus; Theban tomb robbers; obelisk-stealing Romans; Coptic Christians determined to erase the heretical past; mummy traders; leisured antiquarians; major European museums; Giovanni Belzoni, a circus strongman who removed more antiquities than Napoleon's armies; shrewd consuls and ruthless pashas; and archaeologists such Sir Flinders Petrie who changed the course of Egyptology. This is the first thoroughly revised edition of The Rape of the Nile - Fagan's classic account of the cavalcade of archaeologists, thieves, and sightseers who have flocked to the Nile Valley since ancient times. Featured in this edition are new accounts of stunning recent discoveries, including the Royal Tombs of Tanis, the Valley of Golden Mummies at Bahariya, the Tomb of the Sons of Ramses, and the sunken city of Alexandria (whose lighthouse was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World). Fagan concludes with a clear-eyed assessment of the impact of modern mass tourism on archaeological sites and artifacts. Product DetailsISBN-13: 9780813340616 Media Type: Paperback Publisher: Basic Books Publication Date: 09-15-2004 Pages: 320 Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)About the Author Brian Fagan is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. A former Guggenheim Fellow, he has written many internationally acclaimed popular books about archaeology, including The Little Ice Age, The Great Warming, and The Long Summer. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.
'Bird figure stone' Adrian Ellis finds, central Virginia 'Bird in hand with eye and beak detail' Hook-billed bird head (like an eagle) with stone removal to make the beak identified by Adrian. Bird heads and bird figures are commonly found at these kinds of archaeology sites. Bird forms and quasi bird forms from the site Three animal head sculptures identified by Adrian Ellis who has an MFA degree in sculpture from UCLA and has studied stone sculpture. The top two look like felines and the bottom one is more vague but likely feline too. They all have worked 'eyes.' Illustration of the worked eye areas on the three animal head sculptures A Levallois-like point from this central Virginia site A geometric point Worked and then worn through use rhomboid shapes identified by Adrian Oldowan rhomboids, Netherlands, 700,000 to 200,000 BP, from originsnet.org for comparison to Virginia examples above found by Adrian Ellis. A simple Oldowan Mode I Lithics cobble tool from Virginia with two breaks to create a sharp edge. These simple cultural materials with such light modification are too often overlooked in American Archaeology. A worked stone survey from the site. There is a noticeable lack of flint among the artifacts at the site. This may indicate a preference for non-flint materials because flint is often tied to the landscape in very specific places. It may indicate a people not very familiar with the flint tool stone resources in the area who have to make do with what they have at hand. It may indicate a people with Asian tool making traditions which favored coarse stone materials because flint and chert materials are relatively scarce there. "I also want to share with you how poorly I've been treated by the archaeological community... Still cannot believe that I have been told these are only river rocks, if you have half a brain, you can see they are tools." -Adrian Ellis, Virginia Central Virginia location of these featured artifacts found and identified by Adrian. The field of Archaeology continues to squander opportunities to identify new patterns of lithics behavior on the landscape by its inability or unwillingness to take some very astute and observant non-professionals like Adrian Ellis seriously.
After decades of research, American archaeologist Mark Lehner has some answers about the mysteries of the Egyptian colossus
Archaeologist Ann Axtell Morris worked in Yucatan in 1920s. Her copies of Maya murals at Chichén Itzá are legendary.
Archaeologists have uncovered a colonial burial site near Rehoboth, and the oldest known graves of African Americans in Delaware.
'Bird figure stone' Adrian Ellis finds, central Virginia 'Bird in hand with eye and beak detail' Hook-billed bird head (like an eagle) with stone removal to make the beak identified by Adrian. Bird heads and bird figures are commonly found at these kinds of archaeology sites. Bird forms and quasi bird forms from the site Three animal head sculptures identified by Adrian Ellis who has an MFA degree in sculpture from UCLA and has studied stone sculpture. The top two look like felines and the bottom one is more vague but likely feline too. They all have worked 'eyes.' Illustration of the worked eye areas on the three animal head sculptures A Levallois-like point from this central Virginia site A geometric point Worked and then worn through use rhomboid shapes identified by Adrian Oldowan rhomboids, Netherlands, 700,000 to 200,000 BP, from originsnet.org for comparison to Virginia examples above found by Adrian Ellis. A simple Oldowan Mode I Lithics cobble tool from Virginia with two breaks to create a sharp edge. These simple cultural materials with such light modification are too often overlooked in American Archaeology. A worked stone survey from the site. There is a noticeable lack of flint among the artifacts at the site. This may indicate a preference for non-flint materials because flint is often tied to the landscape in very specific places. It may indicate a people not very familiar with the flint tool stone resources in the area who have to make do with what they have at hand. It may indicate a people with Asian tool making traditions which favored coarse stone materials because flint and chert materials are relatively scarce there. "I also want to share with you how poorly I've been treated by the archaeological community... Still cannot believe that I have been told these are only river rocks, if you have half a brain, you can see they are tools." -Adrian Ellis, Virginia Central Virginia location of these featured artifacts found and identified by Adrian. The field of Archaeology continues to squander opportunities to identify new patterns of lithics behavior on the landscape by its inability or unwillingness to take some very astute and observant non-professionals like Adrian Ellis seriously.
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The first and only Philistine cemetery ever discovered was found outside the walls of ancient Ashkelon.
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Latest technology reveals a network of more than 60,000 structures under Guatemala's jungle.
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Scientists have pieced together one of the oldest skeletons to ever be found in the Americas. From the January issue of National Geographic magazine.
