What Archaeologist's Perspective Describes you Most?
What Archaeologist's Perspective Describes you Most?
Next time you're digging up bones, studying a mother-baby, or writing a children's book you should know which archaeologist we've studied this year speaks to you the most!
Next time you're digging up bones, studying a mother-baby, or writing a children's book you should know which archaeologist we've studied this year speaks to you the most!
Would you consider the ritual and mundane spheres as the same, inseparably linked, or as two different categories?
When examining archaeological evidence what is the most important thing to search for?
Can old rituals be replicated and/or reproduced?
Would you define a buried body as an artifact?
Must practices respect a supernatural being or power in order to be considered rituals?
Must rituals take place in the same location they had before to be considered the same ritual?
Is the ritual creation of a monument less, equal, or more important than the monument created?
Is the impact of a ritual measured in the quantity of the people it reaches or the individual thoughts that it instills in each individual?
Is there meaning in uncovering exact fact in relation to archaeology?
Chris Scarre!
Chris Scarre!
You got Chris Scarre writer of the piece "Monumentality" which describes how different natural and human made structures influence objects and people in areas. You probably think that location of objects matters and that ritual is placed within an object oriented rather than idea oriented landscape.
Yannis Hamilakis!
Yannis Hamilakis!
You got Yannis Hamilakis writer of "Archaeology of the Senses". He's my personal favorite! You probably think that the affect rituals and artifacts have on the thought processes of people is much more important than the exact dates and parts of the tool. You also might advocate for the importance of the entire context of how an artifact was used.
Renfrew!
Renfrew!
You got Renfrew! You might draw a hard line between cult (mundane) and ritual practice. You might also like hard fact and finding the spiritual beings/deities that led to the formation of rituals.
Kyriakidis
Kyriakidis
You got Kyriakidis! You probably agree that religious and mundane (cult) spheres can almost never be distinguished between. You might also agree that the context of objects is super important in uncovering their use and purpose.
Kimberley Patton!
Kimberley Patton!
You got Kimberley Patton writer of the "Mother-Baby" case study. You probably agree that the perception of a people to an event because of their context is super important to archaeology. You probably also agree that bodies are useful objects in studying cultures!
Randi Haaland!
Randi Haaland!
You got Randi Haaland writer of "Landscape". He examines how societies views on the landscape in which they live inform their cultural and religious values. You might agree that location is therefor super important in rituals of all kinds. You might also agree that how a landscape influences a ton of people over time is important.