ANT200H5 Lecture Notes - Quadrat, Ethnoarchaeology
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Analogy: comparing 2 classes of data for similarity. Example: pottery sherds from the antrax site to experiments with pottery. Found on a premise: if 2 classes of phenomena are alike in one respect, then - they may be alike in other respects. The process of archaeology is the process of taking human activity and behavior essentially. 2 kinds of analogy: - is applicable in all dimensions not just space: specific: historical (also known as). Also known as homology: general: cross cultural. Specific analogy: direct historic approach, ethno history. Things to control: parameters of specific analogy: cultural continuity, comparability within the environment, there needs be a similarity in the cultural form. General analogy: analogy based on braod and generalized comparisons and they are documented across many cultural tradtions. 3 types of general analogy: ethnographic analogy, based on the studies of living societies, ethnoarchaeology, archaeologists studying living societies.
