ANT200H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Taphonomy, Archaeological Culture, The Blanks
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Fill in the blank (0. 5 x 8 points) What is (not) archaeology: relationships of history, science and anthropology, goal is to interpret history, associations. Variety of archaeological data from the systemic context to the archaeological record: site formation processes, bias in the archaeological record. Process of archaeological research: bias in the data collection and processing processes, surveys and excavations (know difference, approaches of data collection and analysis: What is not archaeology: antiquarianism, prehistoric/historic archaeology, three age system, famous scholars and their main ideas (e. g. , l. morgan & three stages of human, etc. evolution; c. darwin & origin of species) systemic context to archaeological context. Variety of archaeological data: artifact, ecofact, feature, site, region, classification, attribute analysis, archaeological culture, matrix, provenience, association, primary/secondary contexts, taphonomy, n- and c- transforms. Process of archaeological research: inductive/deductive reasoning, interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary, survey: surface, subsurface, and aerial, excavation: law of superposition, clearing vs. penetrating excavation, diachronic vs. synchronic perspectives.
