Archeology Can also be spelled: Archaeology

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What is archeology? Sub field of cultural anthropology –Sometimes kept separate from culture & physical Search for artifacts –Any object fashioned or altered by humans

Finding A Site Aerial Photography Vegetation Patterns Soil Marks Ethnohistorical data Natural processes –Erosion, drought, hurricanes Construction Accident

Aerial photography Pueblo site

Aerial Photography & Vegetation Wooden walled structure

What next? Set up a grid system Establish Datum point CAREFULLY, excavate

Stratigraphy Items near the surface are newer than stuff further away from the surface The deeper you go, the further back in time you go.

Stratigraphy

Excavation This is a very slow process Carefully excavate a level area about 10 centimeters at a time Tools: Trowels – sifters – large shovel (rarely) If you find an artifact, carefully excavate –Sometimes with a paintbrush Watch for soil marks

Soil Stains

Cultural Resource Management Government required activities They want to do a project (highway, building), they have to see if it will impact any sites If a site is identified, they will excavate or protect

Kennewick Man 9300 year old remains found in Washington found in 1996 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 Who owns this find –Research? –Returned to tribes?

Kennewick Man

Embedded stone tool

Wisconsin Archeology Found along water ways Longest running archeology publication in North America Mammoth butchery sites Many mounds sites –High Cliff –Aztalan (between Milwaukee and Madison)

High Cliff State Park Effigy mounds –Means they are in the shape of animals or people –Man mounds are very rare High Cliff has: –Bear –Panther –Conical/linear

Aztalan Large settlement site Obvious social stratification –Wealthy elite/peasants Farming: corn, beans, squash Large platform mounds Stockade surrounding village area Trade ties with Cahokia (St. Louis)

Our Past Digs NORTH

TAKE ANTHROPOLOGY YOU GET TO DIG HOLES!

Our Past Digs WEST

Absolute Secrecy Telling the other team what you are doing absolutely destroys the point of doing this project.