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Changing methods of 19th and 20th century archaeologists
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- 1Who is Giuseppe Fiorelli?He was the inspector of excavation at Pompeii in 1860, and is known as a pioneer of modern archaeology because of the methods that he introduced at Pompeii
- 2How did Fiorelli number houses in Pompeii?He divided Pompeii into 9 regions (each containing up to 22 blocks [or INSULAE]) and numbered them with 3 numbers (according to its region, block, and entrance). This system made it easier for archaeologists to accurately record where objects were found
- 3Describe the systematic excavation techniques that Firoelli introduced to archaeology.He removed debris from earlier excavations and approached new excavations according to a plan (rather than randomly searching for special objects). Fiorelli carefully uncovered each building within a block before moving onto the next block
- 4Describe the techniques used to create Fiorelli's plaster casts.- He observed cavities in the hardened ash deposit left by organic materials
- He poured plaster into these cavities -> acts like moulds
- The plaster set, and the surrounding ash is chipped away revealing the shape of the body (or object) left. - 5Who is August Manu?He is a German archaeologist that originally worked on the inscriptions from Pompeii, but his main interest is art and architecture.
- 6What is August Manu famous for?He made a study of the frescos in Pompeii and classified them into 4 styles according to a date range.
- 7Outline each of the 4 styles of architecture, and state the time period that they are from.- 1st style (2nd BCE)
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- Changing methods of 19th and 20th century archaeologists, and their contribution to our understanding of Pompeii and Herculaneum
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