ANT101H5 Lecture 7: lec7&8 Archaeology
24 May 2016
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Archaeology (not biological or physical but subfield of anthropology) unique as a subfield because focuses on examination of material remains. The study of material remains in order to describe and explain human behavior (haviland et al. , 2009:11) 3. explain how and why the past occurred (what is the function of ex. 4. interpretation of cognitive and symbolic behaviors of the past. 1. you must recognize things as items used by humans; items that functioned within a cultural system. 2. you must interpret how the items were used or how they functioned in a cultural system. 3. you must integrate each symbol in its proper system and environment. Context is important in archeology (relative position of artifacts relative to each other: primary (when an artifact is in its original position) or secondary (if the artifacts have been move from their original position) Typology (type) a categorization of artifacts to answer specific questions about a culture.
