Archeologists dedicate their time into explaining how culture develops with time. Archaeological sites and supposed behavior can reflect what may have taken place in the past. Studying archaeological sites can help archaeologist make inferences about what events left behind remains, artifacts, features, and ecofacts. When researching we want to conclude the purpose of an object and reasoning behind it surviving. Archaeological context exists among artifacts that enter the ground surface and experience ongoing affected by the physical world, including people or weathering. Meanwhile, systematic context is the idea behind how we interpret various material records. The location of an object is most often a result of an object that was once lost, …show more content…
I believe that excavating my backyard a thousand years in the future will allow the individuals to reconstruct an idea of what once took place in this location. After being abandoned for a thousand years there are certain materials that will remain or be preserved over time while others degrade or decay. With time the foundation of my backyard will not be too difficult to reconstruct in the minds of those excavating it. A few of the specific foundational items will hold their structure and result in remains. This could potentially include most of the cement structure, metals, and stones. Specific metal items would most likely include the metal table, the metal frames for tables/chairs and the Ping-Pong table. The specific stone structure, on the other hand, would include the fire pit and the stone chairs. Other items that will most likely be found as remanence of objects that were broken down or decayed would include cheap or thin metals and plastics, and woods which rot with weathering. The metal top that resides on the fireplace for cooking foods on, the little metal light fixtures around the door/ tanning chairs/ fire pit, and the metal poles for the volleyball net would most likely be a few thin metal objects to degrade easier than the table and other items that are denser. I am not sure if the thin plastic basketball hoop would …show more content…
Rocks can break down with weathering, but the majority of it would be left in tacked. Whole stone objects would still preserve better than cement, though. Cement is already broken down rocks and minerals in a combined mixture. Often times we see cement wear out and become cracked due to different things that wear it down. I believe that the cement layout could most defiantly be found if we fast forward a thousand years in the future. Unlike a road that is being driven on and worn down this cement in my back yard is only going through different seasons of weather. I could also say that the cement foundation of the pool would hold up even longer than the rest of the cement found. The preservation would help archaeologist conclude the fact of a pool in my back yard. The cement pool is lined with a rubbery material and has a pool cover that resides on top which helps better preserved its structure. Over time the rubber would most likely decompose from being in the sun and having the UV rays striking down on it for the numerous years. Once the cement is exposed and the rubber lining has disappeared, the cement would be much stronger and less worn down than the rest of the cement. The other plastic and rubber-like items in my back yard such as the fence, tanning chairs, side tables, storage containers,
To identify the specific type, functions and time period of the artifacts, various archaeology books, reports, and journal were referred. The interpretation was then conducted by dividing the artifacts into different area on the map and investigating their relationships.
Tracy and I sat down to prepare for our outing with my sister-in-law Shelly and her husband James, who were visiting from Kansas City. I must admit, I was a little skeptical about the thought of treasure hunting. James informed me that all we needed was a free membership with the website geocaching.com, and a hand held GPS unit or a GPS enabled smart phone. We then created an account and decided on a profile name. We were now ready to see what this treasure hunt was all about. We soon discovered it was a technology-driven game of hide and seek using global positioning satellites. Members are able to hide caches and log their coordinates for others to find. These hidden caches contain a log sheet for you to sign your profile name. Some cache containers are larger and contain “treasures” that you can trade for other items. Trackables are items that have special tracking codes so that you may track where they have been. Then there is the virtual cache, which is not a hidden object at all. These types of caches are usually historical landmarks or may just be places with an interesting view. To log these types of caches you must answer a question about the locale or post a picture of the specific landmark and post it to the website. Now that we had more of an idea of what we had gotten ourselves into, I was definitely more excited about the geocaching expedition that lay ahead.
What is an artifact? According to the dictionary, an artifact is “something made or given shape by man, such as a tool or a work of art, especially an object of archaeological interest” ("The Definition of Artifact"). In archaeology, the word “artifact” defines an object recovered by archaeological attempt, which might have a cultural attention. In the same way, the article “The Life of An Artifact” written by Michael Shanks mainly discusses some of the key points of interpretive archaeology and the relations between social sciences and material culture. The author believes that material culture plays an active role in society, and that the society is built upon the presence of artifacts. He emphasizes that “artifacts
This week in my science class, Reading and Writing Science, we studied Archeology. Archeology is a field that requires the background information of history and the scientific methods of science. This profession, like most others, is very susceptible to the dangerous of human error. Through my own experience in class after viewing seven, foreign pictures, I have learnt that archeology has to do almost entirely with human observations and perspectives. After a body or an artifact is dug up, it is the job of archeologists to figure out as much as they can about the different objects. Because humans are not omnipotent creatures, sometimes they are wrong in their assumptions and conclusions on the history of these artifacts. After revisiting the pictures and being told the story and professional findings of each one, I too found there were errors in my observations; sometimes I omitted some artifacts and made unknown prejudice or cultural assumptions on the deceased individuals, which in turn caused me to interpret the evidence incorrectly.
Although the context of the remains are different (archaeological vs. forensic), the excavation techniques are analogous. In both cases, the researcher needs to reconstruct the activities at a site, the location of those activities and their sequence (Scott & Connor, 2006). The strongest paradigm that anthropologists/archaeologists work within is that human behavior is patterned and therefore the artifacts that are left as a result of human behavior, are also patterned (Scott & Connor, 2006). Taphonomy has transitioned to extend beyond just human behavior to link biological, chemical and geological
As sweat dripped down my nose and mixed with the dirt, I yelled, "I found glass!" Glass is considered a rare find, and upon hearing my announcement the excavation team stopped digging. Later, as I sat under the overhang on the laboratory roof patiently brushing dirt off a pottery shard and reconstructing a pot from the shard, I realized that archeology parallels the process of producing a paper, piece by piece and note-card by note-card. I came to Mallorca, Spain because of my passion for Egyptology and archeology. I was determined to excavate, and although Mallorca is not Egypt, this was my opportunity to do so. I love solving puzzles - discovering pieces, analyzing their importance, uncovering relationships and then utilizing the information to produce a final work. An archeologist discovers an object; draws on knowledge of the culture, materials available, and history to analyze the object; deciphers its role and determines its value. Writing, research, legal study, and legal practice share this process with archeology. Instead of finding a pottery shard in soil, the discovery is information and requires research and analysis.
Discussions in the 1970’s and 1980’s within both sides of the debate indicate population change, behavior change and natural processes to be the large determining factors (Attenbrow, 2004). Many archaeologists accepted there was a continuing increase over time in the number of archaeological sites established and used, as well as in the number of artefacts accumulated in individual sites, particularly in the past 5000 years (eg. Johnson 1979:39; Bowdler1981; Morwood 1984:371, 1986, 1987; Ross 1984, 1985:87; Beaton 1985: 16-18; Fletcher-Jones 1985: 282, 286; Lourandos 1985a: 393-411, 1985b: 38; White and Habgood 1985; Hiscock 1986) (Attenbrow, 2004). Population change refers to the changes in number of people or size of the population, behavioural changes referring to changes to activities such as tool manufacturing, subsistence practices as well as the use of space within a site (Attenbrow, 2004). Whilst natural processes include geomorphological and biological process that may have affected the archaeological record (At...
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 and figurative digging up of the forgotten past.
Finding out about antiques, relics, and customs through narrating has formed who I am. These three things have inhabited of all societies to realize who they are. Family customs demonstrate how individuals experience their lives and cooperate with others. They additionally indicate how individuals respond when a relative weds into a group of an alternate ethnic foundation. Relics are great cases of material things that can instruct about one 's family history. Antiquities show who individuals are. This is valid for every single ethnic foundation.
Jobs had a significant factor on the residents in El Barrio and is profoundly affected by the street culture. First, the traditional way Puerto Ricans searched for jobs were in the nearby factories. It was a trade that they learned, and they stayed at for years many never left. Even though the working conditions were not high and most worked on assembly lines they stayed with it. There were benefits working like decent pay, overtime.
10.) Archaeology - is the study of the remains of human behaviour in the past. It usually involves excavating sites where such remains including artifacts and ecofacts, can be found.
The "Digging".. “Digging” by Seamus Heaney is the first poem in the first full volume of Heaney’s poem, “Death of a Naturalist”. The “Death of a Naturalist” is about the transition into adulthood and the loss of innocence. The poem shows how Heaney looked up to his father and grandfather, especially for their hard work. Even though Heaney did not follow in his footsteps and become a farm laborer, he respects the work they do, especially their skill at digging. This poem is a free verse poem.
According to The Society for American Archaeology, the definition of Archaeology is, “to obtain a chronology of the past, a sequence of events and dates that, in a sense, is a backward extension of history.” The study of ancient civilizations and archaeology is rather ambiguous due to the primitive nature of the time period. With little imagery and even less textual evidence, professionals in the field must work diligently when studying their subjects. Naturally, archaeologists cannot see or communicate with those whom they are studying, so they must be extraordinarily meticulous when analyzing past cultures. This relates to all aspects of the ancient world including; foods, raw materials, artifacts, agriculture, art work and pottery. All of these elements can collectively provide new and innovative information to curious archaeologists who may wish to gain a better understanding of those who came before us. This information is equally beneficial for both historians and archaeologists who plan to compare the histories of societies from all around the world. In the world of archaeology, archaeologists strive to better explain human behavior by analyzing our past. Therefore, the study of archaeology is a key element in understanding a time before our own.
Instead of striving for an unattainable set of archaeological truth or facts, archaeologists should pursue self-consciously ideologically informed approaches to their data. The role of the archaeologist changed greatly by providing material culture and past people with symbolic, narrative, social and hermeneutic understandings. The responsibility of the archaeologist includes survey sites using a variety of methods, project manage an excavation, record sites using drawings, detailed notes and photography, use computer applications, such as computer-aided design (CAD) and geographical information systems (GIS), to record and interpret finds, sites and
Archaeologists are scattered across the gamut. Considering knowledge of human past is valuable to numerous academic disciplines. Varieties of archaeological application include: cultural resource management, heritage conservation, historic preservation,