These finds allow historians and archaeologists to build a picture on the lifestyle and society in Bronze Age Thera. Numerous finds on the island of Thera display evidence that Minoan influence impacted greatly on Theran society. For instance, art styles in the Minoan region were often geometric and/or linear in pattern, and various items of pottery on Thera display this particular art form, suggesting that pottery and art on the island was influenced by that of Crete. Another aspect to this theory is the Linear A script found on broken Theran pottery and the shoulder of a ewer – a form of writing only found on the Minoan island of Crete. Other items found show the possibility of a trade relationship with Crete, such as Minoan-style seal stones and the shells of white snails which are a delicacy on Crete.
It is though understood by most researchers that the huge heads and a number of other sculptures represent their leaders. However, they have not yet found anything to document regarding leadership like the case with Maya society, which named the exact leaders and provide their respective reigning dates. Alternatively, archaeologists had to depend on the little information gathered to document the community’s social systems. This information provided indication of substantial centralization within the Olmec region, first at La Venta and then San Lorenzo. No other Olmec locations come close to these in terms the amount and superiority of structural designs and architecture.
Egypt vs. Mesopotamia The Egyptian and Mesopotamian societies are two of the oldest civilizations in the history of the world. The rise of the Egyptian Civilization, beginning around 5,000 B.C.E. and Mesopotamia, beginning around 3,500 B.C.E., began at around the same time period. Although they had similar ideas, the way they constructed their civilization differed. When talking about geography, religion, and political views, there were more differences than similarities within these two civilizations.
Turquoise Intro: The reason I chose turquoise for my final paper has to do with the history and some family ties I have with the mineral. And I also thought I would be different and choose a mineral not many people know about. History: Turquoise in Nevada has been mined before the first European settlers. Anasazi Indians were some of the first to mine turquoise and use it for beautiful jewelry. However, unlike some of the tribes in Arizona that also cherish turquoise, silver work and the art of making Native American style silver jewelry never became fully established in Nevada.
Ochre pigment, musical instruments, shell beads and other adornments have also been used to show that Neanderthals had the kinds of symbolic cognitive powers that are necessary for language and even religion (Callaway). The 2012 discovery of painted shells used as jewelry suggests that the homonids were capable of advanced and symbolic thought, according to Joao Zilhao (Zilhao). Zilhao and his colleagues analyzed sea shells, found in Murcia, Spain. The shells were painted and punctured, proposing that they were almost certainly used as necklaces. Scientists say this is the first time that body adornment has been conclusively seen in Neanderthals.
In Egypt archolgist have found embroded clothing preserved from the desert sand. Many ancient cultures were very skilled in embordery, but because the matierial that they used in embordery disengraded so fast, not many pieches of emobrodery frm ancietnt time shas surved to today. Mos tof what we know about embordery beings around the 6th centure AD. In medievel times, court garments, ecclesiastical vestments, and altar cloths were embrodied in rich colors and ornate desings often coped from persian models and enhanced with perials and gold and silver thread. During the 15th centuries in Italy, needle painting reached a peak.
The lens is now resting in the British museum and has been dated to be around 3,000 years old (History). It has not been confirmed that the Nimrud Lens was an actually used as a “lens,” some believe that it was just a part of an ornamental piece of furniture (History). Either way, there have been other similar findings around the world including a lens found in Crete, that was dated to 5th century BC, that was more powerful and made of better quality (History). It wasn’t until the 13th century that the Greeks were introduced to the lens
It reminded Hippocrates of a crab because of its ability to dig in and take hold (Mukherjee , p. 47 ). Even more interesting was how scientists have been trying to cure cancer since the BC time period. When Mukherjee discusses the age of cancer, he refers to the ancient discoveries of Imhotep in 2625 BC. Mukherjee talks about the surprising
The drums connects to an open resonance chamber without a membrane. There were other drums that were of use other than the huehuetl such as a kettle drum and tortoise and turtle shell drums played by deer antlers or by hand. - Flutes The Mayans made many instruments and another one would be the flute that would be used in many cultures throughout America. These instruments are too old to truly know when they were created during the time. We do know that these flutes were mostly made from wood, bone, reed, or clay which then had a tube from 2 choices.
The Xia Dynasty was in oral histories, but no archaeological evidence was found of it until 1959. Excavations at Erlitous, in the city of Yanshi, uncovered what was most likely a capital of the Xia Dynasty. The site showed that the people were direct ancestors of the Lungshan and were predecessors of the Shang. Radiocarbon dates from this site indicate that they existed from 2100 to 1800 B.C. Despite this new archaeological evidence of the Xia, they are not universally accepted as a true