In today's world of easy access and information overload, it is
hard to imagine a time or place that didn't have newspapers or libraries
or (you guessed it) the Net. But the truth is, there were prehistoric
peoples around the world who did not leave a written record of their
life and times. It takes detectives in the field of archaeology
often working collaboratively with geologists, chemists,
physicists, and other scientists, to piece together clues that reveal
their lives and their times.
Did the ancient Hopewell
peoples of Ohio import volcanic obsidian glass from source
areas near Yellowstone National Park or from the Jemez
Mountains of New Mexico?
Did Aztec veneration
of their predecessors in central Mexico lead them to
excavate the shrines of earlier civilizations?
Where did the kings
of ancient Kushan obtain the metal ores for making
their coins?
These are some of the questions being addressed by researchers
in the Archaeometry Lab at MURR.
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