Virtual Summit 2025: Submission #6
Submission information
Submission Number: 6
Submission ID: 26
Submission UUID: 205fde33-6c16-4fbc-b526-e97254f6d766
Submission URI: /virtual-summit-2025
Created: Tue, 11/04/2025 - 09:22 AM
Completed: Tue, 11/04/2025 - 09:27 AM
Changed: Wed, 11/19/2025 - 04:09 PM
Remote IP address: 193.239.58.177
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Webform: Virtual Summit
Submitted to: Virtual Summit 2025
| Name | Blake Wilson |
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| School | Syracuse University |
| Program of study | Anthropology & History |
| Biography | Blake Wilson is a sophomore at Syracuse University studying Anthropology and History. He has participated in archaeological excavation and conservation in New York while pursuing his love for the past. He hopes to continue this work in archaeology focusing on the ancient world, notably early civilizations and cultures such as those of Europe with the ultimate goal of achieving a PhD in this work and teaching a new generation of archaeologists about our past and our place in the present. |
| Project Title | Ritual & Remains |
| Project Abstract | My research is focused on the period of early human history known as the Bronze Age, roughly 3,000 to 5,000 years ago, with a focus on religion during this time. When people think of this era we often think of places like Egypt or Greece and neglect places outside the Mediterranean. Specifically in Europe, my project was based in Wroclaw, Poland and I hope to bring a more complete view of our early history to people and promote further research into ancient Central Europe. To do this I studied artifacts such as ceramics, tools, and burials in the Archaeological Museum of Wroclaw and worked with a professor from the Archaeological Department at the University of Wroclaw. Notably I learned that Central European bronze age cultures such as the Lusitanians would ritually destroy a weapon usually by burying it, a tradition mirrored almost a thousand years later by the Celtic Peoples. The study of the past gives us a new understanding of the present by looking at historical patterns and studying the ancient past gives us a new understanding of ourselves by looking at human habits such as religion and burial. |
| Project File | Blake Wilson - Tyler Summit.pptx13.83 MB
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| Keywords | Archaeology, Ancient History, Bronze Age, Burials, Religion |
| Approved | Yes |