Croft rock shelter has been the site of extensive arcology work since 1973, after university of pittsburgh students removed layer of layer of sediment, evidence of human activity as long as 19,000 years ago was revealed. We visit to learn the story from james adovasio, who has been leading Archeology Research there for almost 50 years. We are currently 46 kilometers southwest of pittsburgh, pennsylvania, in washington county, on the north bank of cross creek, which is a small tributary of the ohio river. In 1972 there was a vacancy in the Anthropology Department at the university of pittsburgh. I joined the faculty there. One of the parameters of which job was to set up an archeological Training Program that would train not only graduate and undergraduate students in the protocols of modern excavation, but also to train people in ancillary fields, geeolojists. Because i didnt have the opportunity to search for a location for the Field Operation due to research commitments in the easter
James adovasio, who has been leading Archeology Research there for almost 50 years. We are currently 46 kilometers southwest of pittsburgh, pennsylvania, in washington county, on the north bank of cross creek, which is a small tributary of the ohio river. In 1972 there was a vacancy in the Anthropology Department at the university of pittsburgh. I joined the faculty there. One of the parameters of which job was to set up an archeological Training Program that would train not only graduate and undergraduate students in anthropology and archaeology in the protocols of modern excavation, but also to train people in ancillary fields, geologists, climatologists, flora and fauna specialists and so forth. Because i didnt have the opportunity to search for a location for the Field Operation due to research commitments in the eastern mediterranean, i circulated word amongst my colleagues, who directed me to see this particular site, which had actually been discovered in 1955 by the land owner,
Good morning, weve been talking about the effects of the American Revolution and framing that around the question of how revolutionary was the American Revolution . What kind of changes could it negotiate in american society, american law . Why should we think of the American Revolution as a revolution rather than a war for independence . And we talked about this in various frameworks. We talk about whether the revolution altered the social structure, and the last time we met were talking about the impact of the revolutionary on African Americans and on the institution of slavery. We saw in that case, the legacy was quite mixed. The revolution said the institution of slavery on the path of destruction in the northern states but was instrumental and trying to deepening and strengthening institutions in the southern states. Today, i would like to talk about two topics that are closely interrelated. And that our two sides of the same coin, i want to talk today about how the revolution aff
From the university describes the conflicts and relationships between the new federal government, settlers and native americans. Good morning, everybody. Weve been talking for the last couple of weeks in this class about the effects of the American Revolution and kind of framing that discussion around the question of how revolutionary was the American Revolution . What kinds of changes did it initiate in american society, american law, American Government . Wide should we think of the revolution as a revolution rather than simply a war for independence . So weve talked about this in various frameworks. We talk about whether the revolution altered the social structure of the states that were involved in our revolution, and on the last time we met, we talked about the impact of the revolution on africanamericans and on the institution of slavery, we saw that in that case the legacy was quite mixed, right . The revolution set the institutional slavery on the path to destruction in the nor
Revolution . What kinds of changes did it initiate in american society, american law, American Government . Why should we think of the American Revolution as a revolution rather than simply a war for independence . So, we talked about weve talked about this in various frameworks. We talked about whether the revolution altered the social structure of the states that were involved in revolution. On the last time we met, we talked about the impact of the revolution on africanamericans and on the institution of slavery. We saw that in that case the legacy was quite mixed, right . The revolution set the institution of slavery on the path to destruction in the northern states but was instrumental in kind of deepening and strengthening the institution in the southern states. Today i want to talk about two topics that were closely interrelated and that are really two sides of the same coin. I want to talk today about how the revolution affected native americans and how the revolution created a