NATS 1535M Global Cultures of Science and Technology

YORK UNIVERSITY

NATS 1535M Winter 2022

Global Cultures of Science and Technology

Test #1 Part B

Please answer 2 ONLY of the following, in complete sentences and paragraphs. You will receive 1 mark per 1 clear point. Please double space your writing, and submit as Word or PDF file (not Pages, or Google Docs)

Where you take information from approved sources only (textbook, lecture slides) please reference the page number or date of the lecture.

1. A good understanding of an ancient culture can be created by bringing together several different kinds of data and evidence. Show this using the example of the Mycenean culture. List 4-5 different kinds of evidence, and state for each one thing that that kind of evidence may tell us about the culture. (10 marks)

2. Discuss 2 examples of modern-day technology being used to help us understand ancient cultures of the past. Be sure to refer to 2 different cultures. What is the technology, what is it being used to study, and what is now known because of it? (10 marks)

3. You are an archeologist and are observing the similarities and differences between sites from ancient cultures. Choose 2 of the sites discussed in this class. Using information from lectures, your notes from the films or your class notes, describe the sites and their locations. Highlight 2-3 artifacts/features found in them. Compare the two sites and describe what the evidence tells us about the cultures. (10 marks)

 

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