I have to admit that this is my first time ever signing up for a blog site and, honestly, I do not believe I have ever read (let alone followed) anyone else's blog before. So here we go and I am wishing for the best!
I am settling up this blog to discuss/post about my ANTH 392 course: "The Archaeology of Death". Hopefully, I will also branch out and post stuff that I have found in my internet wanderings on the subject; but who knows...the future will tell all things.
I had my first day of the Archaeology of Death yesterday with Erin McGuire and, being the first day, we went through the introductions and syllabus and such and were shown a few examples of the types of case studies we would be looking at throughout the semester...
That little guy is one of the mummies from Qilakitsoq, Greenland. He and 7 other mummies were found at this site, preserved by the cold, and they are some of the best preserved human bodies ever found. Of the six women found in the grave 5 of them still have visible facial tattoos, a tradition still practiced by the indigenous people of Greenland today I found out. I thought the little section on these mummies extremely fascinating and hope we return to them later on in the course as well. We also talked about the Amesbury Archer, who came from the Alps but died in Wessex and was burred with all sorts of grave goods.
From this short preview of the course I am extremely excited to learn more from Erin McGuire and from my class mates!
Until next time,
Emily
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