Archaeology
Dates
May-9-2012 - Aug-30-2012
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
For more information about archaeology courses and programs at the UofL, check out the
department website.
Subject HeadingsArchaeology
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
Gallery
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