Thursday, November 17, 2011

Intro to Archaeology/Prehistory

There were a variety of connections I have made from my current class lessons/discussion with my essential question. Right now we have summed up the South American Anthropological study path, they had a rather bloody history that involved mass graves. Mass graves is a site in which people have been sacrificed for religious, chiefdom, or even genocidal purposes How can anthropological evidence prove that they were murdered and not had a natural death? The evidence! Their bones showed evidence of every individual being in their early to mid twenties, primarily women who had symmetrical, healthy bodies. The purpose of these graves usually connect with the idea that they will be waiting for the king, queen, or high class individual in the afterlife. Doesn't seem like an idea people would want to volunteer to.

Anthropologists really mostly on the evidence that has been presented and never assume to the cause of death, for this is a bad idea! You need to back up your claim with evidence and make suggestions of the studied analytically qualities that have been presented. These images of the past aren't last forever, they are translated by anthropologists to interpret their cries to create justice and make sure their history is preserved.

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