Final post and I am still short by a few

My last post for this course, and I am still five short of the minimum requirement. On that note, I will talk about the article for today and my over all feelings on the subject of ethics in anthropology and archaeology. I like most am very divided on the issue of treatment of the dead. I can see both sides of the argument and understand why archaeologists argue that these remains will help us learn things and help give better insight and understanding on subjects. That said though I do agree that the remains are still a person. I always look at the argument like this, would any archaeologist really be happy if people were digging up his families remains. I see it as "we" the western world would  do not like people digging up our dead, yet we have no problem doing it to others. That is the part that bothers me so much, with this whole ethical debate that anthropology has. I never really see this issue disappearing, I have a feeling that a bit more understanding will happen but no clear, this is what we will always do will ever happen. I am glad, this issue should never be black and white, it is one of those things that needs to be grey, cause no one side is right or wrong. Shifting my focus to the paper I read in class, I guess I should give a bit more context as to why I chose the children article. My one big reason, is I prefer cultural anthropology to archaeology. I find both interesting, but cultural understanding to me just clicks easier and I find the appeal of it that much more. To end this blog, I will say my thoughts on the course. I really enjoyed the over all experience, I might not have done all the readings, the ones I did do though were interesting and gave some nice insight and understanding of what is going on currently in archaeology. I have to say I really enjoyed the first reading response article and how it give this interesting cultural insight on how grave design and burial practices shift through time. The monument analysis, was an interesting experience, never had I though I would spend a day walking through a grave yard for fun/school. I did enjoy it a lot, and have actually gone back a few times to Ross Bay just to walk around/explore and learn more about the graves and the look at the monuments that people chose for their burials. In closing and this is the final piece thank you Dr. McGuire, you were an awesome prof and made the course a lot of fun to learn.

City of the Hawk

I decided to look at the website archaeology.org, for the bases of this rubric break down. I searched Hierakonpolis and found that the archaeology.org website has an interesting area all about the different digs that have gone on there and allows people to explore them while also giving the viewer the notes from the dig site. I found that the evidence and analysis the website uses is amazing. It is a given that it would have top notch analysis and data based on the fact this is all the work from the Archaeologists themselves that have been polished in Archaeology magazine so far. The visual presentation that the website uses is nice nothing over the top, found it to be a simple design and to the point. I find the lay out of the website a bit confusing at moments. The pages all go together but the flow from page to page can get a little confusing and it can be hard to tell exactly where you want to go next.
http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/hierakonpolis/