Unit 3 Flashcards
(27 cards)
What is Beringia?
A land bridge that once combined Asia and America
Kennewick Man
-oldest skeleton we have from the new world (8-9,000 yrs ago)
- pronto-Caucasian
- found in Kennewick, Washington
What is Clovis point?
- oldest stone tool from new world
- discovered in Clovis, New Mexico
- made from fine materials such as obsidian
- very sharp edges
What are the 3 sisters?
Corn, beans, squash
Easter Island
- large and rich society
- many housing foundations
- society broken into 11-12 territories
-hundreds of large stones (Maoi)
What factors contributed to the Easter island collapse?
- forests gone
- limited food supply
- limited fuel supply
- erosion
Maya vs. Mayan
Maya: culture/ppl
Mayan: language
Maya religious belief system
Popul Vuh:
- ## the “maize” god
Hash/Tzolk’in
Haab: solar calendar made up of 20 months
Tzolk’in: 260 day calendar that matches 9 cycles of the moon
-together, they make up the long count
Sites important to Maya history
- Tikal
- El Mirador
- Palenque
- Copan
- Chichen Itza
The Maya collapse
- ppl dying from war/disease
- ppl are moving away
Tatiana Proskouriaff
-artist/reconstructionist from Syberia
Tenochtitlan
- manmade Aztec City
- built on a swampy island in Lake Texcocco
- present day- Mexico City
- very large (200,000 ppl)
What are chinampas?
“Floating gardens”
-narrow, artificial islands in lakes using mud, vegetation and dirt
- would grow the 3 sisters
- method is still used today
Aztec language
Logographic/syllabic
-extensive written records: debt, stories, history
Aztec Calendar
365 day count, 260 day ritual count (sets of 13)
Aztec Religion
Polytheistic
- Quetzalcoatl (creator god)
- Huizilopochtli (sun god)
- there wasn’t a guarantee that sun would run, only sacrifice would guarantee it
Archaeology vs. history
History can paint a different picture than what is actually on the ground
What is underwater archaeology?
The use of archaeology in aquatic settings
-used for research and bc it the site may be required to be excavated by the govt
What was the Harris survey?
Telephone survey that looked at adults 18+ and how much ingests they had in archaeology
- showed high level of interest
- showed that general public care about preserving sites/artifacts
3 phases of cultural resource management?
Identifying/survey, assessing, management
Antiquities act of 1906
President has the authority to state whether or not something can be built/set aside artifacts, monuments, etc
Historic sites act of 1935
The 1st US law to declare preservation to be a national policy
-encouraged widespread preservation efforts throughout the states
NAGPRA
Addresses the rights of native Americans to cultural items such as human remains, sacred objects and other cultural objects
