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Archaeology
Dates
May 9, 2012 - August 30, 2012
Location
Library Entrance Cabinets
Description
This semester's display theme is Archaeology. The featured artifacts are on loan from the Department of Geography. The artifacts represent a wide range of places, time periods, and research questions in archaeology:
Websites
http://www.uleth.ca/artsci/archaeology
Subject Headings
Archaeology Archaeology -- Philosophy Archaeology -- Methodology Archaeology -- Social Aspects Art, Prehistoric -- Europe Cognition and Culture Art, Prehistoric Paleolithic Period Archaeology -- Philosophy Archaeology -- Social aspects Women, Prehistoric Feminist archaeology Art, Prehistoric Language and culture Writing -- History Alphabet -- History Sumerians Iraq -- Antiquities Iraq -- Civilization -- to 634 Excavations (Archaeology) -- Iraq Cuneiform Inscriptions Ceramics Pottery -- Analysis Pottery, Ancient Pottery -- Eurpoe -- History Iron Age -- Europe Industries, Prehistoric Pottery, Prehistoric Archaeology – Methodology Central America - Antiquities Indians of Central America -- Antiquities Food crops -- America Food crops -- Origin Fossil hominids Human beings -- origin Human evolution Paleoanthropology Neanderthals Tools, prehistoric Archaeology -- Moral and ethical aspects Archaeology -- Social aspects Cultural Property Indians of North America -- Material Culture -- Canada Science -- Philosophy
Materials on Display
Archaeology
Dates
May 9, 2012 - August 30, 2012
Location
Library Entrance Cabinets
Description
This semester's display theme is Archaeology. The featured artifacts are on loan from the Department of Geography. The artifacts represent a wide range of places, time periods, and research questions in archaeology:
- Replica stone tools offer a glimpse into the lives of Neanderthals and early humans
- Stone Age bone and antler carvings represent some of the earliest known works of art
- A prehistoric "Venus" statue raises questions about women's role in Paleolithic societies
- Mesopotamian writing tablets illustrate the development of written language in the ancient Near East
- Iron Age pottery shards highlight the connection between technology and social organization
- A mano y metate reminds us of the importance of Mesoamerican food crops (such as corn, chilies, and cocoa), in Western diets today
- A ground stone maul underscores the diversity of Indigenous North American cultures and technologies
Websites
http://www.uleth.ca/artsci/archaeology
Subject Headings
Archaeology Archaeology -- Philosophy Archaeology -- Methodology Archaeology -- Social Aspects Art, Prehistoric -- Europe Cognition and Culture Art, Prehistoric Paleolithic Period Archaeology -- Philosophy Archaeology -- Social aspects Women, Prehistoric Feminist archaeology Art, Prehistoric Language and culture Writing -- History Alphabet -- History Sumerians Iraq -- Antiquities Iraq -- Civilization -- to 634 Excavations (Archaeology) -- Iraq Cuneiform Inscriptions Ceramics Pottery -- Analysis Pottery, Ancient Pottery -- Eurpoe -- History Iron Age -- Europe Industries, Prehistoric Pottery, Prehistoric Archaeology – Methodology Central America - Antiquities Indians of Central America -- Antiquities Food crops -- America Food crops -- Origin Fossil hominids Human beings -- origin Human evolution Paleoanthropology Neanderthals Tools, prehistoric Archaeology -- Moral and ethical aspects Archaeology -- Social aspects Cultural Property Indians of North America -- Material Culture -- Canada Science -- Philosophy
Materials on Display
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