anthropology 60

You will make a post (generally a 100 word minimum) that uses critical thinking and refers specifically to class materials.

Discussion 3: Why did ancient people give up their autonomy to become a citizen governed by a centralized authority/state political system? Reflect on what you think motivated this societal change.

Assignment 2: In at least 200 words, answer the following about Dickson’s article on the Royal Tombs at Ur.

A) Describe what Woolley found in Tomb 789 and Tomb 800. How did he interpret the funerary scene?

B) Next describe how Dickson reinterpreted the funerary scene? Specifically, explain what Dickson means by the Public transcript versus the Hidden Transcript?

Assignment 3:

Read the Isotope article and watch the videos to help understand the content. Do your best to answer the questions in your own words.

Address the listed questions regarding the article entitled Strontium Isotope (87Sr/86Sr) Variability in the Nile Valley: Identifying Residential Mobility During Ancient Egyptian and Nubian Sociopolitical Changes in the New Kingdom and Napatan Periods by Buzon and Simonetti.

A) How does the Strontium Isotope method work—where does it come from, how do humans get it in their system, and what does it tell us about them?

B) Generally, what was the sample, or types of material, used in this study?

C) What does the Strontium Isotope analysis in this study reveal about the population during the New Kingdom occupation of Nubia versus the occupation during the subsequent development of the Napatan state?

In your own words (do not plagiarize websites please!), answer the following questions:

Assignment 4: Address the listed questions regarding the language used by one of the following ancient civilizations: Zapotec or Mayan. A) Describe the writing system. In other words, what do the symbols represent? B) Have archaeologists been successful in deciphering the language? Why or why not? C) Where does this script occur in the archaeological record? Be specific! For example, do we find it on pottery? If mentioned in lecture, name important artifacts with the writing. D) In one or two sentences compare and/or contrast the language you chose to one other language studied in this course.

 

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