Five Seperate Journal Pages, J1a-J1e involving Archaeology. Directions will follow in upload. Each has a set of different directions for writer to follow. Please no numbering of pages

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J1aJodensavanne, Suriname
This site is located in South America. According to Leibman (2013), it was established by the Sephardic Jews who were escaping from the Inquisition in the 1660s and wanted to create a settlement area. They were three notable waves of Jewish relocations to Suriname. The major Jews touched base around the 1630s through Brazil. They settled close to the old capital of Suriname, Thorarica. The second group of Jews landed in 1652 and settled on a savannah close to the Cassipora Creek and the third gathering touched base in 1664 from Cayenne. They likewise settled close to the Cassipora Creek. The group that settled close Thorarica similarly moved there.
What interests me most about this site is that the Jewish people group built it in Suriname who was allowed a few benefits on August seventeenth, 1665 by the British frontier government, which were led by the Dutch. These advantages made them the first Jewish diaspora group on the planet to have political and religious independence before the establishing of the state Israel. As a result of these benefits the Jews could lay out a burial ground, set up a Jewish state army, assemble schools and a wooden synagogue at Cassipora close to 1671. Jew’s Savanna thrived for a century and in the long run came into a decline by 1787. In 1832 Jodensavanne was consumed by a massive flame that destroyed every one of the homes. After that, about nobody lived there. Administrations were held until 1860 in the synagogue.

Archaeological methods described in the site are surface surveys which involve a procedure of examining land. Artifacts made of stone, ceramics, metal or any variances in soil were applied. Geographical surveys and shovel tests pits are also described in the site. These archeological methods enabled analysis of the sites.
Works Cited
Leibman, Laura. “Remnant Stones: The Jewish Cemeteries and Synagogues of Suriname. Epitaphs, and: Remnant Stones: The Jewish Cemeteries and Synagogues of Suriname. Essays, and: Creole Jews: Negotiating Community in Colonial Suriname (review).” American Jewish History 97.1 (2013): 85-88.
J1b
Two Cultures Thought and Practice in British and North American Archaeology
In spite of authentic and archeological associations, prehistoric studies in North America and paleo-history in Britain are distanced by an inquisitive blend of provincialism and a frequent lack of interest. This antagonism is a piece of a bigger social estrangement that was taking shape. Field techniques and practice and scholastic association of the control contrast in ways that differently support both districts. However, in different regards, British and North American share a public appreciation for breathtaking sites, an affection that focalized lately on China. Unexpectedly, this interactive experience does not reach out to everyone’s expectation.
Recorded history of archaeology makes British and North American prehistoric studies, two disciplines that are separated by the same subject, a division with incredible if infrequently natural, consequences in thought and practice. Differences contend on the other hand for British or North American custom. They go a long way past the obvious British distaste for screening excavated soil, Britain’s much more prominent affection for Harris networks, or differences in terminology as, for example, amongst study and field-strolling.
An obvious difference among Britain and North America is its prehistorical place in the academy, where it is believed that European archaeology and anthropology emerged from classics, topography, and history whereas North America’s archeology came from human studies or anthropology.
Perhaps American archaic explorations in human sciences was a declaration of European prevalence over local societies. Whatever the cause, the results are numerous. Some are scholarly, for instance, North Americans’ affection for socio-social taxa like “tribe” and “chiefdom,” while British archaeologists are far less inclined to group their subjects in anthropological terms yet others are pragmatic.
Works Cited
Shott, Michael J. “Two cultures: thought and practice in British and North American archaeology.” World archaeology 37.1 (2005): 1-10.
J1c
Stratigraphy, Classification and Seriation.
Stratigraphy is a branch of geology that studies rock layers (strata) and layering (stratification). It is majorly used in the study of sedimentary and layered volcanic rocks.
Classification in archeology refers to the process of arrangement archeological data which share the particular features and characteristics. Various forms of classification are historical background and artifact classification.
Seriation is the dating method applied by an archeologist. Various artifacts discovered by archeologists from several sites in a similar culture environment are kept in a sequential order. An archeologist is also able to contrast the popularity of the artifacts information originating from the same location. An example of seriation dating with the use of objects is instituted with ceramics.
According to Banning, Edward Bruce in The archaeologist’s laboratory, (2006) excavation of artifacts, requires that the archeologist has a pen and paper to record information about the process. Examination of top layers before the excavation process enables the archeologists to have a glimpse of what they are expecting. The law of superposition proposes that the oldest strata will be located at the bottom as it gets buried by the younger strata and is attributed to sedimentation. Objects found in the same drawer reflects that they were buried at the same time and probably are of the same age.
After the examination, the archeologist classifies them by calculating their percentages and grouping them in order of their features. Closeness in rates of artifacts reveals closeness in their characteristics.
The ages of objects in the drawer depend on the level of strata. Old artifacts are found at the bottom of the drawer while younger levels are found at the top most level of the drawer.
Stratigraphy, classification, and seriation are critical processes in an archeological process. They enable excavation, dating, and characterization of artifacts for the present and future use.
Works Cited
Banning, Edward Bruce. The archaeologist’s laboratory: The analysis of archaeological data. Springer Science & Business Media, 2006.
J1d
Time Team America: The Bones of Badger Hole
The Time Team America group uncovers what might be the biggest Folsom-period buffalo kill site in North America at Badger Hole, Oklahoma. Long wiped out, Bison Antiques meandered the fields 10,000 years prior. Archeological Indians seekers were ready to hunt down and kill so a significant portion of these huge buffalo weighing 1500 pounds each without the assistance of bows and bolts or even stallions. The lives of these archaic originators appear to be tricky, however by exploring buffalo bones, pointed stones and that’s just the beginning, the Team finds intimations about their environment, chasing range, and their creativity that will help us comprehend them.
The Badger Hole site was discovered in 2010 when Buffalo bones were spotted disintegrating from a real badger opening along the Beaver River. Unearthing in 2011 was promising. In 2012, The Time Team America joined Lee and his group with an end goal to figure out whether the Bones of Badger Hole may reveal the biggest archaeological buffalo kill occasion in North America, and what these old bones could educate us regarding life on the Great Plains ten thousand years prior.
Confronted with the assignment of finding the leftovers of the archaic scene connected with the site, Meg enrolled Dr. Bereket Derrie from Round Rock Geophysics to help the Team lead the seismic tomography and electrical resistivity imaging overviews expected to penetrate into the earth of the Badger Hole arroyo. The ERI information furnished the group with the potential profundity and area of the focused on the checkpoint. They then utilized a Giddings test to take centers, or vertical specimens of the earth, in the Arroyo over the site.
This will give critical information to future archeological examinations on the captivating complex of archaic and outdated bone beds along the Beaver River. Unearthing at the Badger Hole site likewise uncovered vital signs about how Paleo-Indian seekers caught and prepared the enormous buffalo utilizing both the scene and an advanced comprehension of the behavior of the bison herd.
Works Cited
Hole, Badger, and O. K. Woodward. “Remote Sensing Survey Report.” (2013).
J1e
Native Americana Religion
The investigation of Native Americans by anthropologists had its offer of terrible science and moral issues. In any case, the writings were composed by nineteenth and twentieth Century ethnographers who were known for their cautious and reputable way to deal with the general population they contemplated. These were researchers who lived for a considerable length of time with the general population they concentrated on, and got authorization to translate their religious oral writing.
There were several little tribes of Native Californians, with differing societies and dialects. Most Native Californian tribes were crushed by sickness and the anxiety of their virtual oppression by the Spanish Missionaries. However, a remarkable volume of itemized and precise data on their way of life, mythology and religion is accessible. This is on account of spearheading anthropologists toward the end of the nineteenth and start of the twentieth hundreds of years. A significant portion of these researchers was associated with the University of California.
Native American religion tends to center around nature. The landscape, creatures, plants, and other natural components assume a unique part in the religion of Native Americans. The above necessitated archeologists to apply their expertise in excavation, classification, and seriation of these data. Some the legends went down were an endeavor to clarify occasions that happened in nature. Native American religion incorporates various practices, functions, and conventions. These features might be to pay tribute to different occasions. The act of taking certain stimulants was usually used to increase a unique understanding or speak with the divine beings. Functions may incorporate blowouts, music, moves and different exhibitions. Imagery, particularly with creatures, is regularly a common piece of Native American religion. Creatures were utilized to speak to specific thoughts, qualities, and spirits. Some Native American tribes used creatures to recount the account of creation. Some creation stories, for example by the Tlingit Indians, were focused on a raven.
Works Cited
Hartz, Paula. Native American Religions. Infobase Publishing, 2009.