CLASSICS 1A03 Lecture 1: CLASSICS 1A03 08/09/2016
8 Sep 2016
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The study of past cultures through the material they produced & left behind. Human culture produces things, referred to as (cid:862)material culture(cid:863) Material culture: not text based culture although texts can be useful (especially true for classical. Archeology: some forms of archeology don"t have text unless it is found; may or may not be helpful. Includes small items pots, tools, weapons; & large items architecture, town planning. Material culture is obtained through excavation: digging, recording. Features: fixed objects that cannot be easily removed from a site (e. g. buildings, carvings, graves, walls, heaths, drains, shrines, kilns, structures [temples, houses, amphitheatres]) Artifacts: small objects that can be moved (pottery, coins, glass, metal, bone tool, some sculptures) Context: the association of artifacts & features found within a particular area or layer, & the relative position & relationship of the area or layer to the ones above it & below it.
