What is antiquarianism interested in?

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What is antiquarianism interested in? Who was the first to study history to learn about past culture? When was pompeii discovered?

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I. Archaeology History   • Archaeology- study of human past through material remains            i. Recovered through archeological context or                archeological record   • Origins       a. Antiquarianism- interested in the object itself and not for         what it can say about the past             i. Believed history could only be discovered through               documents   • Nabonidus- first to study history to learn about past culture        a. Rebuilt Babylon temple, studied objects to learn the past   • Renaissance       a. World view before was conservative, and bible key text       b. Bible was Earth's entire history             i. Estimated Earth to be 6,000 years old       c. New World was not mentioned in bible though,

What is antiquarianism interested in?

What is antiquarianism interested in?
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School: University of Oklahoma

Department: Sociology

Course: Principles of Archaeology

Professor: Sarah trabert

Term: Fall 2017

Tags: Principles, Of, and archeology

Cost: Free

Name: Archaeology Week 1 Notes

Description: These notes cover the first week of notes. The topic is archaeology history, spanning from Nabonidus to Modern archeology

Uploaded: 08/28/2017

What is antiquarianism interested in?

What is antiquarianism interested in? Description

School: University of Oklahoma

Department: Sociology

Course: Principles of Archaeology

Professor: Sarah trabert

Term: Fall 2017

Tags: Principles, Of, and archeology

Cost: Free

Name: Archaeology Week 1 Notes

Description: These notes cover the first week of notes. The topic is archaeology history, spanning from Nabonidus to Modern archeology

Uploaded: 08/28/2017

What is antiquarianism interested in?
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