ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Biostratigraphy, Fission Track Dating, Radiocarbon Dating
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January 25th 2017: stratigraphic records, location and depth of all artifacts. Meaning could be lost: scale map of features, photographs and scale drawing of picture, soil samples. Artifacts are: cleaned, catalogued, analyzed in relation to function, environment, activities, diet etc Ethnoarchaeology: observe & study traditional cultures to resolve archaeological problems, examines how archaeological artifacts are used. Experimental: make or use artifacts to determine their manufacture and function in the past. Protecting: ancient objects, historical buildings, archaeological sites. One of the largest issues as these important factors are disturbed and destroyed through excavation and research: the antiquities trade. Idea of private ownership of archaeological artifacts for personal gain. Indigenous peoples history is destroyed for archaeological purposes. Excavation processes do not adhere to everyone"s cultural and religious beliefs: gender. Gender act repatriation of all first nations human remains. Traditional archaeological perspective comes generally from a male caucasian perspective original analysis rears a man as the hunter.
