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ASB 222
Archeology - Answer- The study of ancient cultures based on artifacts and other
remains
79 AD Vesuvius buries surrounding cities
1736 King Charles sends explorer (Venuta) down a well, finds a theater, king sends
slaves to cut treasures from rock

Nabatean - Answer- Early civilization in Arabia, before Muslims; the first independent
Arab kingdom known to us, centered on Petra in modern Jordan. People here spoke
a form of Arabic, but wrote in the Aramaic script. The ______ Aramaic script was the
precursor of the Arabic script.

Excavation - Answer- the process of digging up the remains of the past

History - Answer- The continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the
past to the present and even into the future

Myth - Answer- A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain
the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society.

Assyriology - Answer- 1. Archaeological, historical, linguistic study of ancient
Mesopotamia and cultures that used cuneiform writing
2. Misnomer. Covers not just Assyria but also Sumer and Babylonia.

Cuneiform - Answer- Sumerian writing made by pressing a wedge-shaped tool into
clay tablets
Ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia

Cyclopean Wall - Answer- Constructed without mortar of irregular stones so huge it
was late believed to be the work of a mythical race of giants called Cyclopes.

Iliad - Answer- ...

Odyssey - Answer- ...

Priam's Treasure - Answer- The treasure of King Priam (Homeric King of Troy) that
included a cache of gold and other artifacts that were discovered by Heinrich
Schliemann.
Cache of gold and other artifacts discovered by classical archaeologist Heinrich
Schliemann, found at what Schliemann claimed to be ancient Troy at Hissarlik,
Turkey

Minoan Civilization - Answer- Prosperous civilization on the Aegean island of Crete
in the second millennium B.C.E. The Minoans engaged in far-flung commerce
around the Mediterranean and exerted powerful cultural influences on the early
Greeks.

, Minoan Palace - Answer- Emerged ~2100 BCE
Named for King Minos (Theseus and the Minotaur)
Excavated in 1900 by Sir Arthur Evans
Has labyrinthine rooms, intricate structure, excellent plumbing, no defensive walls
Important symbol of Minoan culture, most important was Cnossus

Cnossus - Answer- Ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from
about 2000 BC to 1400 BC

Fertility Goddess - Answer- A female deity or god who watches over and promotes
fertility pregnancy and birth in many polytheistic cultures

Bronze Age - Answer- A period between the Stone and Iron ages, characterized by
the manufacture and use of bronze tools and weapons

Linear A - Answer- An undeciphered writing system used in Crete in the 17th century
B.C., Minoa's first written language; has not been translated

Linear B - Answer- A set of syllabic symbols, derived from the writing system of
Minoan Crete, used in the Mycenaean palaces of the Late Bronze Age to write an
early form of Greek. It was used primarily for palace records, and the surviving
Linear B tablets provide substantial information about the economic organization of
Mycenaean society and tantalizing clues about political, social, and religious
institutions.

Eruption of Thera - Answer- Resulted in the end of the Minoan time, caused city to
sink

Thera - Answer- The modern island of Santorini in the southern Cyclades; a volcanic
island, whose ashes covered a lost civilization, discovered in 1967 by Greek
archeologist, Spyridon Marinatos. Thera supported a flourishing civilization with
considerable interest in the arts. Thera is considered by some scholars to be the lost
city of Atlantis, mentioned by Plato in 4th century BCE Athens; the precise role of
Thera in the Minoan era still remains to be determined

Provenience - Answer- Context or location within a grid system used to detail where
artifacts were located in a given excavation

Archaeological Context - Answer- Once artifacts enter the ground, they become part
of the archaeological context, can be affected by human action and natural
processes
Where exactly an artifact is found and how it fits with things found around it
(association)

Ziggurat - Answer- Rectangular, tiered, mud-brick temple or terraced mound erected
by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians

Artifact - Answer- An object made by humans, often refers to a primitive tool or other
relic from an earlier period with archaeological significance

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