Essays on Archeologist

Archaeology is the study of both ancient and recent past of human beings through material remains. Archaeology gives us a unique perspective on the culture and the history of human beings which helps us understand both the ancient and the recent past of a certain group of people greatly. This study helps us understand where, when, why and how people lived on this planet. It also examines the different kinds of changes that human culture has undergone over time, and tries to seek an explanation for the changes. In this paper, we will be discussing the archaeology of both ...

The Mask of Agamemnon

There are a lot of artworks that will always contain some secret concerning its true origin and authenticity. One of such sculptures is definitely the case with the Mask of Agamemnon. This artifact from the Greek Bronze Age was discovered by distinguished German archaeologist, Heinrich Schliemann, in Mycenae dated 1876. After the stunning discovery of the real location of the legendary Troy, Schliemann was next planning to find the final resting place of Agamemnon, the famous king of ancient Mycenae who headed the Greek troops during the Trojan War. All his grand triumphs and tribulations are eulogized in Homer’ ...

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The Technical Approach to Art History

The art historian, Henri Focillon made a statement concerning the reason for having technical knowledge to establish the place in history for objects and other art works. In his discussions, he asserted that the reason for this is that it assists with the control of ones own objectivity. This would lead to a universal “observation of technical phenomena” that presents “the same terms, and the same point of view, as it is presented to the artist.” The art historian needs to have technical knowledge in order for him, or her, to correctly establish a chronology, in ...

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Archeology and Art History

It is vital to note that Max Loehr was a distinguished art historian, especially of Chinese art. His 1953 paper was specifically focused on the historical study of Chinese bronzes. The study reflected on the fact that archeology pointed out the fact that the style of an object is not its property. What Robert Bagley set out to do in his book, Max Loehr and the Study of Chinese Bronzes: Style and Classification in the History of Art, was to point out to all art historians, that style and classification is of great concern to all ...

Question 1 – The Silk Road

The Silk Road is thought to have been pioneered by Zhang Qian who chose to open well known ancient trade roads. Between 139 BC and 119 BC, he traveled bring with him massive amounts of data about Western Asia and Central Asia. Originally thought to be termed as such by German geographer Ferninand on Richthoten during the 1870s, the Silk Road was not actually one single road but a series of routes, treks and trips throughout Central Asia, as East met North; the major players in this new intra-territorial and overseas ventures were the Mediterranean, Greece and Asia (Waugh, ...

Von Daniken’s Evidence of Extraterrestrials Visits to Earth

Von Daniken mentions the Tassili sphere where Henri Lhote found images underneath a semicircular rock. In the image, a woman is pulling a man and behind her is a sphere with concentric circles. On the upper side of the sphere, a hatch is open with a television aerial protruding from it. There are hands with outspread fingers on the right half of the sphere. There are also five floating figures wearing helmets with white and red dots accompanying the sphere. Von Daniken also uses a gigantic stone egg discovered in 1940 by an archeologist known as Professor Marcel Homet ( ...

Introduction

Eva Hoffman’s Lost in Translation is a story of a young woman explaining her endeavors after migrating to Canada with her family at the age of 13. She then moves to the United States and later immigrates to London. Lost in Translation by Nicola Mones is a story of a young American woman who tries to fit in China as a translator. In Lost In Translation by Eva Hoffman and Lost In Translation by Nicole Mones, both Hoffman and Mones successfully cultivate our appreciation for cultural differences by exposing the reader to foreign languages and terms, by challenging ...

1. What effects did domestication of plants and animals have on human societies?

Until 10.000 years ago, people were nomads, without permanent residence, always in search for food, gathering plants and following animals. Then, according to Mac Neash, the famous archeologist, some 10 000 age people began to farm. People realized what cultures could be preserved during the dry period of time. For an example, we have the culture corn. It is culture that can be saved as a seed for a long period of time. Effect that domestication of plants and animals in The New World, as well in The Old World can be seen on the examples of three civilizations in The ...