ANT200H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Experimental Archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology, Environmental Archaeology
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Determining the time dimension of data (dating methods) Material evidence discovered now behaviours of people who created these materials. Analogy is the basis of most (if not all) archaeological interpretations. A process of reasoning based on similarities between two entities. Mechanism: if two things are similar in some respects, then they may be similar in other respects the basis of most archaeological interpretations. Trying to observe the behaviours that we can see now, which can produce similar material remains that are seen in the archaeological record. We assume that if the behaviours we see now are similar to those in the archaeological record, the remains are similar. A good reasoning process but proceed with caution check with additional data. Ethnographic: material/non-material aspects of a living culture: 2 kinds. Ethnoarchaeology: ethnographic studies designed to aid archaeological interpretations. Experimental: duplicated behavioural processes under carefully controlled conditions.
