And not the site itself, if you know what I mean.
I’ve tried to find information on significant archaeological sites which centre around the way the site was excavated & not the site itself. I’ve tried so many archaeological sites, but I can’t find much information on how they were excavated - which is what my assignment particularly asks for.
Do you know any good websites that have information on the EXCAVATION of a famous archaeological site? Or do you know any good archaeological sites which were famous for their excavation?
Thank you insanely in advance.
If I remember correctly, we’re both in Year 11 and in Queensland, right? Because that sounds like an assignment I actually completed last term. I don’t know if this will be helpful or not, but I’ll tell you what I based mine on and maybe it will help you think of other ideas;
I focused my essay on Tollund Man, in Denmark. While my assignment did discuss that actual excavation, I also talked about how his discovery was significant in the fact that it led to the advances in modern scientific archaeological methods. It was actually quite interesting because he wasn’t the only bog body found in that particular area; Elling Woman was another. Although, researching her to tie it into my assignment was a bit of a pain.
The only other thing I thought about when reading this, was Otzi, the iceman. There’s been some really interesting documentaries done on him and they talk about the excavation *and* dating methods and techniques.
Sorry if I just went completely off topic and led you in the wrong direction, but sometimes I find ideas can stem off that way. : ) Good luck with your assignment!
~ Kirsty.
20.May, 2010 um 10:20 pm
Palace of Knossos, on Crete
Tomb of Tutankhamun
Hissarlik, the supposed site of Troy
all have lots of information available on how the sites were excavated.
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20.May, 2010 um 10:52 pm
If I could recommend any site, it would be the most highly valued by members of the Smithsonian curatorial staff. Check the link to see a description of the site in a letter from the staff.
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20.May, 2010 um 11:12 pm
It appears to me that you are interested in excavation techniques more than archaeological sites. Since this is my understanding I did a search on archaeological excavation techniques I include the search and three of the top returns for your consideration. You have to be careful in wording your search.
http://search.aol.com/aol/search?q=archaeological+Excavation+techniques&s_it=spelling
http://archaeology.suite101.com/article.cfm/archaeological_excavation_techniques
http://www.archaeologyinfo.com/perspectives001.htm
http://www.indiana.edu/~arch/saa/matrix/afm/afm_princexc.htm
A good site to study on excavation of an historical site is always Troy! It includes the worse and the best ways to excavate. I include for you to decide what you want to read from my search on excavation of Troy.
http://search.aol.com/aol/search?s_it=topsearchbox.search&q=Excavation+techniques+Troy
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20.May, 2010 um 11:48 pm
If I remember correctly, we’re both in Year 11 and in Queensland, right? Because that sounds like an assignment I actually completed last term. I don’t know if this will be helpful or not, but I’ll tell you what I based mine on and maybe it will help you think of other ideas;
I focused my essay on Tollund Man, in Denmark. While my assignment did discuss that actual excavation, I also talked about how his discovery was significant in the fact that it led to the advances in modern scientific archaeological methods. It was actually quite interesting because he wasn’t the only bog body found in that particular area; Elling Woman was another. Although, researching her to tie it into my assignment was a bit of a pain.
The only other thing I thought about when reading this, was Otzi, the iceman. There’s been some really interesting documentaries done on him and they talk about the excavation *and* dating methods and techniques.
Sorry if I just went completely off topic and led you in the wrong direction, but sometimes I find ideas can stem off that way. : ) Good luck with your assignment!
~ Kirsty.
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21.May, 2010 um 12:48 am
I studied something similar to this in year eleven. I remember we looked into different sites and the problems in their excavation and why that has changed excavation techniques today.
The most memorable one was the excavation of the site Troy. Schliemann excavated Troy without the permission of the Turkish government. He used rudimentary techniques and thought that Troy would be on the last layer so he dug through several cities before reaching what he thought was Troy. Turned out he dug straight through what actually is Troy. There’s thousands of sites on it, you can google them just as well as I can.
Ok and the obvious is Pompeii and Herculaneum, but everyone will probably do that. If you actually choose to do that one, let me know. I did P&H for my core topic in my year 12 exams. I have a whole folder bursting with information, and one of the points in our syllabus was excavation techniques so I have so much info on it it’s ridiculous. I still have all this crap memorized about opoxy resins and there’s lots of other stuff, like the site has been excavated over a 140 year period so in ways, it’s kinda a time line in the different techniques that have been used. It’s still not fully excavated because they’ve decided to leave part of it uncovered in the hope that future technologies will help in the preservation. But yeah, seriously let me know if you’re doing it even though it’s really common, eliza never did ancient history so I never had anyone to pass on my info to
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