Description
- Please cover all aspects in 5 pages. You must
write a high standard and use two peer references to support your claims AND, you
must write from an anthropological view. Work not written to a high standard
will be rejected, thank you
- Review Smith, S. (2009). Motel of the Mysteries. The Society for Georgia Archaeology. Retrieved from: http://thesga.org/2009/01/motel-of-the-mysteries/
- To understand the key aspects that need to be included in this exercise
- Assignment exercise to written in 5 pages
- Choose one room of your home or a specific place in your community (playground, parking lot, restaurant). Visit and observe the site for 10-15 minutes. Be objective as you examine the site, remember not to mention what it is in today's terms, but pretend you have do not recognize or have knowledge of the artifacts and site. Describe the overall scene.
- Collect and document artifacts. Describe the artifacts noting color, shape, weight, texture, quantity, material, and other features you think are important.
- Map (photos, hand drawn and scanned, digitally created map) the site and describe the physical characteristics of the site. (please attach this in a word document)
- Using your imagination, what are some other purposes the artifacts and site might have? What conclusions can you draw about the origin of the artifacts, their use, and the purpose of the site?
- explain how you used the sub field of archaeology, biological, cultural archaeological methods how would to use to help you interpret your artifacts and site?
- Reflect on some of the challenges archaeologists face in piecing together the past.
Explanation & Answer
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Running Head: ANTHROPOLOGIST PERSPECTIVE
Anthropologist Perspective
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Institutional Affiliation
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ANTHROPOLOGIST PERSPECTIVE
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Overall Scene
My visit to Vardzia, Georgia was one of the best experiences of my life. At Vardzia, I
was personally shocked to witness various artifacts that were a mystery to me. At the site, I
found various objects that look like swords, dagger, and others that look like arrows. The object
on the site varies in color, sizes, shape, quantity, and materials that were used to make it. The
experience was scaring to me because I found objects that I have never seen or even heard in my
life. The object that looks like a dagger contains a reddish color with blue stains. The reddish
offers a clear glimpse that "dagger-like-object" was used to kill animals or even people.
The objects in the site were sparsely distributed and one could not locate all the objects in
one place. This offers a clear glimpse that the objects might have been interfered with by human
beings and by environmental factors and agents (Orser, 2016). It also offers a clear justification
that human movement in the past might have contributed to the shift in the location of objects.
With the sparse distribution of objects in the site, one can also infer that human beings in the past
might have been practicing a nomadic life where they shift from one location to another.
Since the objects in the site look like the modern swords, dagger, and arrows, it offers a
justification that human beings in the past might have been engaging in hunting and gathering for
foods. Some objects in the site were covered using sand, but as a result of erosions and other
environmental agents, it appears to have been exposed to the environment (Orser, 2016). To
unearth clear information on the objects, I had to wash some objects so that I could clearly look
at the objects. To avoid interfering with th...
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