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Charles Lyell

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Week 02

History of Thought--The Development of Prehistoric Cultures

CEE

Read:
 Ch. 2, "The Development of Evolutionary Theory," pp. 19-34
Page through:
"Appendix A: Atlas of Primate Skeletal Anatomy," pp. 429-436
Post: PCforum
REM: Case Study

Text Resources

 

Yanomamö Photo


YANOMAMO INTERACTIVE CD/ROM
(Peter Biella, Napoleon A. Chagnon and Gary Seaman)
 
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2007 Tuesday 11 September 2007

Week 02 Day 03

nlt 03:00 Yanomamö: A Multidisciplinary Study
(45 min., 1970, VC 1290)

Announcements

PCforum 01

(there will be 15 forums in total,
usually but not always once a week)

Archaeological Ethics

Inca maiden.

Mummified Inca maiden wows crowds
Friday, 7 September 2007 -- BBC News

Last Friday the remains of an Inca mummy, called "la Doncella," were put on display in an Argentine museum....


"The remains of the girl, who was 15 when she died, were found in an icy pit on top of a volcano in the Andes, along with a younger boy and girl."

"Researchers believe they were sacrificed by the Incas 500 years ago."

"But the exhibition has angered several indigenous groups who campaigned to stop the mummy from going on display."

It is believed the Children of Llullaillaco, as la Doncella and her two younger companions have come to be known, were drugged with alcohol and sacrificed during a ceremony thanking the Inca gods for the annual corn harvest.

The full story from BBC is availale at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6983300.stm

Related Stories:

Perfect' mummies found high in Andes -- Science/Nature (04/08/99)

Tattooed mummy discovered in Peru -- Americas (05/16/06)

First Andes civilisation explored -- Science/Nature (12/22/04)

Ancient Peru's ritual beer binges -- Americas (07/31/04)

Peru's precious heritage under threat -- Science/Nature (03/25/04)

The Incas -- BBC

Salta Museum (in Spanish)

 

Only five years ago the French returned the remains of Saarti Baartman, an African woman called "The Hottentot Venus" by Europeans, and "who was paraded around Europe as a freak and scientific curiosity" to her native home in South Africa. ("Khoisan" is the much preferred term to "'Hottentot,' which is now considered a derogatory and offensive term.") Parts of Saarti Baartman were preserved and put on display along with her skeleton and could be seen in a Paris museum, right up until the mid 1970s.

"'Hottentot Venus' goes home"

"'Hottentot Venus' goes home" -- BBC News (04/29/02)

 

And just a few years earlier "El Negro" was returned by Spain to his home in Botswana....

"Stuffed man buried in Botswana" -- BBC News (10/06/00)

Related: Stuffed man going to 'wrong' home -- BBC News (09/28/ 2000)

A brochure from 1888 showing "El Negro"

A brochure from 1888 showing "El Negro"
Thursday, 28 September 2000 -- BBC News

 

In the United States human remains and sacred ceremonial properties of Native Americans are regulated by NAGPRA, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

Related: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act -- Wikipedia

 


Questions:

1. Who owns archaeological artifacts, including mummies?

2. What do you think about putting a mummy on display?

Why?

3. Who should properly be the authority to regulate antiquities and what people do with them?

Be sure to set your "Folder Selector"
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Set Folder Selector to Topic 1

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Features of the Day

 
 

Old Business

 

Assignments

Read:
 Ch. 2, "The Development of Evolutionary Theory," pp. 19-34
Page through:
 "Appendix A: Atlas of Primate Skeletal Anatomy," pp. 429-436
Post: PCforum
REM: Case Study
 

Notes

 
 
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Thursday 13 September 2007

Week 02 Day 04

nlt 02:54 The Search for Adam
(51 min., 2005, DVD 1015)

 

Announcements

  • PCforum postings up until 1:00 a.m. this morning have been reviewed, and you should have received 5 points for each one. You can keep track of your PCforum postings score on the bottom of your PCforum account (they will not be added daily to your eGradebook record, but will be added after the final exam).


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Features of the Day

 

 

Week
CEE		 Day  
Slides
  02 04 / 06  
    06 / 07  
    07 / 08  
       
Other Early Studies and Events
 

Old Business

 

Assignments

Read:
 Ch. 2, "The Development of Evolutionary Theory," pp. 19-34
Page through:
 "Appendix A: Atlas of Primate Skeletal Anatomy," pp. 429-436
Post: PCforum
REM:
 

Notes

 
 
 
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Charles Lyell

Charles Lyell

CEE  Week: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

CEE Week 02

Introduction / Orientation

Monday 17 September 2007

nlt 07:35 The Search for Adam
(51 min., 2005, DVD 1015)

 

Read:
 Ch. 2, "The Development of Evolutionary Theory," pp. 19-34
Page through:
"Appendix A: Atlas of Primate Skeletal Anatomy," pp. 429-436
Post: PCforum
REM: Case Study

Text Resources

 

Photo from National Geographic page.

Geneticist and anthropologist Spencer Wells takes a DNA sample from a man on Pate Island, Kenya for the Genographic Project

 
 

Announcements

  • Turn in "What do I aready know about Prehistoric Cultures" responses

PCforum 01

(there will be 15 forums in total,
usually but not always once a week)

Archaeological Ethics

Inca maiden.

Mummified Inca maiden wows crowds
Friday, 7 September 2007 -- BBC News

Last Friday the remains of an Inca mummy, called "la Doncella," were put on display in an Argentine museum....


"The remains of the girl, who was 15 when she died, were found in an icy pit on top of a volcano in the Andes, along with a younger boy and girl."

"Researchers believe they were sacrificed by the Incas 500 years ago."

"But the exhibition has angered several indigenous groups who campaigned to stop the mummy from going on display."

It is believed the Children of Llullaillaco, as la Doncella and her two younger companions have come to be known, were drugged with alcohol and sacrificed during a ceremony thanking the Inca gods for the annual corn harvest.

The full story from BBC is availale at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6983300.stm

Related Stories:

Perfect' mummies found high in Andes -- Science/Nature (04/08/99)

Tattooed mummy discovered in Peru -- Americas (05/16/06)

First Andes civilisation explored -- Science/Nature (12/22/04)

Ancient Peru's ritual beer binges -- Americas (07/31/04)

Peru's precious heritage under threat -- Science/Nature (03/25/04)

The Incas -- BBC

Salta Museum (in Spanish)

 

Only five years ago the French returned the remains of Saarti Baartman, an African woman called "The Hottentot Venus" by Europeans, and "who was paraded around Europe as a freak and scientific curiosity" to her native home in South Africa. ("Khoisan" is the much preferred term to "'Hottentot,' which is now considered a derogatory and offensive term.") Parts of Saarti Baartman were preserved and put on display along with her skeleton and could be seen in a Paris museum, right up until the mid 1970s.

"'Hottentot Venus' goes home"

"'Hottentot Venus' goes home" -- BBC News (04/29/02)

 

And just a few years earlier "El Negro" was returned by Spain to his home in Botswana....

"Stuffed man buried in Botswana" -- BBC News (10/06/00)

Related: Stuffed man going to 'wrong' home -- BBC News (09/28/ 2000)

A brochure from 1888 showing "El Negro"

A brochure from 1888 showing "El Negro"
Thursday, 28 September 2000 -- BBC News

 

In the United States human remains and sacred ceremonial properties of Native Americans are regulated by NAGPRA, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

Related: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act -- Wikipedia

 


Questions:

1. Who owns archaeological artifacts, including mummies?

2. What do you think about putting a mummy on display?

Why?

3. Who should properly be the authority to regulate antiquities and what people do with them?

Be sure to set your "Folder Selector"
in the main window
to the current topic
[use the “Reload/Main button" to get to the main window]

Set Folder Selector to Topic 1

REM: Set PCfolder to curent topic.

REM: If you have any questions, you can post them on the PCforum
or bring them up in class
 

PCforum : Topic 2

Whiskey Row in Two Harbors

 

Todd Lindahl uses a screen to check dirt for artifacts while helping to document a possible outhouse site at the Whiskey Row on the Two Harbors waterfront.

Todd Lindahl uses a screen to check dirt for artifacts while helping to document a possible outhouse site at the Whiskey Row on the Two Harbors waterfront Wednesday morning.
(Clint Austin / News Tribune)

Friday, 14 September November 2007 -- Duluth News Tribune

Front page Duluth News Tribune story:

"Trash turns to treasure in dig at Two Harbors' Whiskey Row"

Friday, 14 September 2007

the story on-line

Historical Archaeology
and CRM
(Cultural Resources Management)
 are very important parts of Archaeology

 

Collecting artifacts at Whiskey Row in Two Harbors, MN.Archaeologist at Whiskey Row in Two Harbors, MN.Button from Whiskey Row in Two Harbors, MN.

Historical Archaeology at "Whisky Row" site in Two Harbors Minnesota.
(Clint Austin / News Tribune)


First watch the multimedia program:
"Uncovering Two Harbors' Whiskey Row"
(2:45)

Then answer the questions:

1. Why is the "Whiskey Row" archaeology dig important?

2. Who should finance excavations like that?

Be sure to set your "Folder Selector"
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to the current topic
[use the “Reload/Main button" to get to the main window]

Set Folder Selector to Topic 2

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REM: If you have any questions, you can post them on the PCforum
or bring them up in class
 

Features of the Day

 

 

Week
CEE		 Day  
Slides
  02 04 / 06  
    06 / 07  
    07 / 08  
       
Other Early Studies and Events

 

Old Business