CLST 129 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Gender Studies, Tool And Die Maker, Androcentrism

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 129
• Professor: Anne Foley

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Lecture #6 jan 14th archaeology as a discipline . Evidence is incomplete, often made of clues, for the reconstruction of actions which usually cannot be recreated in full. Hypothesis is based on principles of probability and experience e. g. the occam"s razor" (among competing hypothesis, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected) Anthropology: the study of humanity, both our physical characteristics and our non-biological characteristics. Physical or biological anthropology: the study of human biological or physical characteristics and how they evolved. Cultural anthropology: the study of human culture and society. Linguistic anthropology: the study of how speech varies with social factors and overtime (a branch of cultural a. ) Archaeology: the study of former societies through the remains of their material culture and, in the case of literate cultures, such written records as have survived. Classical archaeology: the study of the material remains of the greek and roman cultures and the neighbouring territories, and of the written records that survives.