ANTHROPOLO 150 Midterm Study Guide,GRADED A

ANTHROPOLO 150 Midterm Study Guide Ashmore, W., and R. Sharer (2003) Archaeology: Discovering our Past. - This article talks about the origins of archeology and anthropology, showing the comparisons and differences between archeology and history; especially how anthropology and archeology are the study of people and the common man, while history focuses more on the elite and glorified times in our past. Kohl, P. (1998) Nationalism and Archaeology: On the Constructions of Nations and the Reconstructions of the Remote Past - This article discusses the dangers of using archeology for nationalistic purposes, showing how pseudoarchaeology can be used to promote racists/discriminatory ideals Heaney, C. (Aug 1, 2017) The Racism Behind Alien Mummy Hoaxes - This article also focuses on the problems with pseudoarchaeology, specifically how the idea that ancient Egypt was built with the help of aliens; and how this is a racist point of view that demeans the ancient Egyptians, implying that they were unable to create the great architectural feats of Egypt without help from superior beings. Belfer-Cohen, A., and O. Bar-Yosef (2002)“Early Sedentism in the Near East: a bumpy road to village life” pp. 19-37 in Life in Neolithic Farming Communities: Social Organization, Identity, and Differentiation, I. Kuijt, ed., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston. - This article discusses the transitions humans made to a sedentary lifestyle, focussing on the Natufians and how they switched from a nomadic lifestyle to a mostly sedentary one. This article is fairly neutral on the effects of sedentism compared to other lifestyles and provides a general explanation for how the Natufians began to rely on things like farming in order to support a growing population. Diamond, J. (May 1987) The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race - In this article Diamond makes the argument for how the transition to agriculture made the lives of people worse because of the limited diet and living area that comes with a sedentary lifestyle. Gates, C. (2003) Ancient Cities. - This article discussed the development of complexity in sumerian cities with an introduction to human writing and more advanced trade. Lamberg-Karlovsky, C.C. (2003) - This article goes more in depth on the emergence of writing in ancient Sumer and how its development from markings used for trade allowed the Sumerians to become a complex society. Ur, J. (2017) The Archaeological Renaissance in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Near Eastern Archaeology - This article discussed all the unexplored history in the Kurdistan region and Iraq, and the difficulty of pursuing archeology in this artifact-rich region due to the current socio political climate. Harmansah, O. (2015) ISIS, Heritage, and the Spectacles of Destruction in the Global Media - This article denounced the actions of ISIS in which they were publically destroying archeological artifacts and argued the importance of preserving archaeology in the modern world. Bard, K. (2008) An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt -