FINAL EXAM Flashcards
Purpose of Experimental Archaeology
Doing case studies to test the feasibility/experimenting to see how old technologies were used. (poop knife)
NAGPRA - meaning (What it stands for)
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
NAGPRA - year enacted
1990
NAGPRA - what type of people does it protect?
Federally recognized tribes, nations, Alaskan native corporation (villages), Hawaiian natives
NAGPRA/Repatriation - Criteria
- Bodily remains of known/culturally affiliated individuals
- Funeral objects (Associated/unassociated)
- Sacred objects (objects that can’t be taken away by a tribe - deemed holy/sacrosanct by virtue of their ritual/ceremonial associations)
- Objects of cultural patrimony (inheritance of one’s father)
- Objects acquired illegally
NAGPRA/Repatriation - procedure
1) Repatriation request
2) Documentation
NAGPRA/Repatriation - Inventory and Consultations
- Brief descriptions and counts of artifacts
- Enter into database
- Send this data to tribes
- Tribes would request a visit
- Consult with representatives
Number of total federally recognized tribes
574
NAGPRA/Repatriation - Final Steps
1) Write a report of findings and make a recommendation for repatriation
2) if affiliation is found, then disposition arrangement must be made
NAGPRA - Who’s responsible?
Responsibility belongs to the people that has the artifacts (MUSEUMS/ LAB)
CRM - what is it
Cultural Resource Management: Archaeology associated w modern development. (Umbrella term)
- Includes NAGPRA/Repatriation
- National museum of Amerian Indian Act
Archaeology Explanation - what is it
- Why do things change
Archaeology Explanation - reasons to why things change
- migration and diffusion
Archaeology Explanation -migration definition
moving to another location taking their technologies/ideas with them
Archaeology Explanation -diffusion definition
when ideas spread from one population to another