Modern Archaeology: Recovery and Restoration (for Herculaneum or Stabia)

I. The Origins of Archaeology.

A. Renaissance Humanism.

B. The Enlightenment.

C. Surviving by threads: artists’ drawings.

II. The First Necessity: Money.

III. Methods of Excavation.

IV. Surveying site.

A. “Sherding”.

B. Aerial photography.

C. Marine Archaeology.

V. Digging: Methods.

A. Stratigraphy

B. Problems of stratigraphy.

C. Dating a Site.

VI. The Various Sciences of Archaeology.

A. Carpology.

B. Paleobotany.

C. Physical Anthropology.

D. Geology.

VII. Archaeologists: Some Areas of Specialization.

A. Pottery.

B. Loom weights.

C. Brick Stamps.

D. Sculpture.

E. Painting.

F. Numismatics.

G. Epigraphy.

H. Architecture.

i. Fibulae.

j. Votive offerings.

k. Oil lamps.

VIII. Making Sense of Material Remains: Reconstructing Buildings.

IX. The Task of the Archeologist.

Important Terms Names and Concepts:

UNESCO
stratigraphy
sherding
carpology
paleobotany
dendrochronology
loom weights
amphorae
brick stamps
numismatics
epigraphy
fibulae
votive offerings
oil lamps