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Intro to Archaeology Final
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Archaeology
Undergraduate 2
12/11/2009

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african burial ground
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discovered during construction of a fed bldg in manhattan
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howard university
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school affiliated with the african burial ground
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Mayor Dinkins
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mayor in office when burial ground was discovered
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michael blakey
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only af-amer bio anthropologist working in a us univ at the time. assigned to burial project
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stakeholders
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those affected by/who have a say in an excavation
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clifton plantation
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site where laurie worked in the bahamas
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descendant groups
Definition
groups who are direct descendants of a studied culture
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hunter gatherers
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individuals who don't use domesticated animals/plants for food resources
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pastoralists
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people who raised animals but not plants necessarily
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agriculturalists
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people who use natural resources to harvest food
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settlement pattern archaeology
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revolutionized by lewis binford. idea that a settlement was shaped y the spatial and seasonal availability of resources
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base camps
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areas of semi-permanent or seasonal settlements
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resource specific sites
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sites occupied for a short time specifically for certain natural resources
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seasonality
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evidence of a settlement during a particular time of year
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lewis binford
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revolutionized settlement pattern archaeology. categorized settlements into types
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new world food crops
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tomatoes, corn, squash. turkey, okra, cherries. popular dishes were hybrids of NA, euro, african s/a brunswick stew, succtash, spoon bread
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stonewall plantation
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site in louisiana which helped to shed light on what slaves ate. wide variety of local animals
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early food preservation
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pickling, jamming, curing, drying, icing. ice becomes more available in 19t century. refrigeration in 20th century.
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pickling
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using brine and vinegar to preseve foods
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curing
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smoking and salting foods for preservation such as country ham
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canning
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used to store food, first developed by Napoleon in 180s for his army. true sanitary ones not developed until 1904, first opener in 1858. popular on the frontier
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gold rush
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brought many chinese to California along with their food preservation techniques
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chinese american foodways
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were able to preserve traditional techniques. slowly became incorporated into broader american dining ex chop suey, chow mein, fortune cookies
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table setting
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became popular in the new world in 1802 quickly increased in complexity
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colonial dining ritual
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in 1800s dining setting changes from everyone eating from large crock pots to individuality with set tables and place settings
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separation of the spheres
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differences in artistic and cultural elements in early colonial times in new world vs old world until opening of japan for trade. Japan craze set off popularity of japanese motifs in american ceramics
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domestic science
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idea of using home remedies and food/medicine as cures for common illnesses and disease. also idea of preventative medicine
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food medicine
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new ideas of food safety emerge, some types believed to have medicinal powers (ex alcohol). popularity of healthy diets such as vegetarianism. other examples are peptonoids, cod liver oil, olive oil, malt extract, malted milk.
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valetines meat juice
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believed to cure VD, used by miners
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archaeology of ritual
Definition
the study of past societies ritualistic activities which may or may not pertain to religion
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magic
Definition
ways that humans attempted to control or manipulate supernatural forces
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ritual
Definition
repeated activities meant to control or influence deities
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mortuary practices
Definition
the rituals, traditions and practices taht past societies have conducted in treating and burying the dead
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embalming
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the preserving of human remains to forestall decomposition and to make them suitable for a funeral.
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3 goals of embalming
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sanitation, presentation, preservation
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apotropaics
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devices to turn away evil. used for protection
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consumption
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a highly contagious wasting disease characterized by hallucinations, wheezing, trouble breathing, anemia. vampires disease
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brick in mouth
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practice done to vampires when they were buried so they wouldnt chew through their shrouds
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revenants
Definition
a general category of dead who won't stay dead
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memento mori
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latin for "remember you must die" applied to works of art that portray the living dead
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christopher fennel
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explained presence of a clay skull buried in an abandoned house as an attempted curse put on the demory family by the bateman family
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hexeri
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Germanic folk magic
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Hohmann
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publisher of the first charm book in the US
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ROTAS charms
Definition
invocations created by writing a square of five letter words in latin
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coins
Definition
seen as having protective properties. two idential cones found on the clifton plantation in a path outside the doorway. thought walking over a sacred item brought protection
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cordes family
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family from santa monica with german ethnicity.
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Hancock
Definition
san francisco family of hungarian descent. lived on a rancho after husband died.
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rancho labrea
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land lived on by the Hancock family
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mary whelan
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studied the black dog burial site to look at gender differences in burials/age/class
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adrian praetzellis
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author of privy to the past video
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Tillman family
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white family in privy to the past who got along well with ppl from diff backgrounds
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Mann family
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black family in privy to the past
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gilka kummel
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german alcohol
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8 or 9
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age when boys were allowed to wear full length pants
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Jerry Thomas
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published the Bon Vivant's Companion which was the first book on mixed drinks
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volstead act
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law that became the 18th amendment starting prohibition
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Crag's COuntry CLub
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hunting club in the hills of LA where people drank during prohibition
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bioarchaeology
Definition
study of skeletal remains
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cribra orbitalia
Definition
pitting of bone in eye sockets evidence of anemia during childhood
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tuberculosis
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infectious disease that can cause deformities of the spine during childhood
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extended pubic tubercle
Definition
only skeletal indicator on women to reliably correlate with childbirth and number of births
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enamel hypoplasia
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malformation of the enamel due to severe health distres
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DISH
Definition
fusing of the cervical vertebrae associated with obesity
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syphillis
Definition
std that cal leave marks on skeletons
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national historic preservation act
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1966, set up infrastructure for CRM archaeology
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national register of historic places
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official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures deemed worthy of preservation, allows for tax incentives
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section 106
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part of the national historic preservation act that requires fed agencies to evaluate the impact of all fed funded or permitted proehcts on historic properties and also consult impacted native tribe
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state historic preservation office
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watches over archaeological activity of the state, nominates sites for national and hsitoric state registries
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national environmental protection act
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1970, deals with cultural resource protection, environmental impact statement is used to evaluate the significance of the cultural resources to be affected
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amber glass
Definition
used to prevent UV light from decaying alcohol
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christ church
Definition
site where many bodies were buried, identified and dated. used to study post medieval life in england
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rickets
Definition
caused by vitamin d deficiency
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chromatography
Definition
analysis technique where a chemical sample can be separated into layers. used when investigating fats preserved in vessels
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secondary products revolution
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when domestic animals were no longer used primarily as products of meat and hides but also for milk, cheese, wool
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taphonomy
Definition
the study of what happens to bones btwn the time they are deposited and dug up
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redemption/diremption
Definition
recovery/destruction
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