> is there a utilitarian school of archeology that looks at what would absolutely necessitate these things for survival
Yes - mainstream archeology, paleo-archeology, and anthropology.
The blog above is literally peddling psudeoscience and/or Mormon theology (eg. Seven Sisters/Pleiades).
Good examples of mainstream "utilitarian archeology" would be "The Horse, the Wheel, and Language", "After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000-5000 BC", and "The Lost World of Old Europe: The Danube Valley, 5000-3500 BC"
> Look for the physical necessities of survival instead of symbols and narratives and it probably yields better results
That's mainstream archeology and anthropology. Sadly, a lot of people think it's "dry", "boring" or believe the world is only 6,000 years old.
Archeology and Anthropology have become very quantitative over the past century, but the "Indiana Jones" trope continues to persist, which is especially ironic because it was UChicago that made the social sciences quantitative.
Yes - mainstream archeology, paleo-archeology, and anthropology.
The blog above is literally peddling psudeoscience and/or Mormon theology (eg. Seven Sisters/Pleiades).
Good examples of mainstream "utilitarian archeology" would be "The Horse, the Wheel, and Language", "After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000-5000 BC", and "The Lost World of Old Europe: The Danube Valley, 5000-3500 BC"
> Look for the physical necessities of survival instead of symbols and narratives and it probably yields better results
That's mainstream archeology and anthropology. Sadly, a lot of people think it's "dry", "boring" or believe the world is only 6,000 years old.
Archeology and Anthropology have become very quantitative over the past century, but the "Indiana Jones" trope continues to persist, which is especially ironic because it was UChicago that made the social sciences quantitative.