CLA 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Ethnoarchaeology, Biological Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 2110
• Professor: Jitse Dijkstra

Document Summary

What is archaeology: anthropology (social sciences), physical anthropology, cultural anthropology human culture and society, ethnography (1st hand study), ethnology (comparison between cultures, archaeology past tense of physical anthropology through material remains. Ethnoarchaeology live in certain communiies and watch how they use material remains, make comparisons to past civilizaions. Heritage studies - conservaion, preservaion, expansion of knowledge: history (humaniies), ancient history (historia: research, inquiry") b. History what is let is writen: science (natural sciences) given model to work from, data collecion, experiments, formula, hypothesis: develop picture to the past. Study of how humans used animals and plants. Bioarcheology study of plants and animals in the environment and their diet, stone as well. Forensic archeology human bones for legal or criminal purposes. Nile -diference cut in stones erosion by water, let uninished. Island in the nile line from the nile water level. Temple indentaions chrisian cross (change in religion), gouges for taking with them holy power.