ANT200H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Classic Maya Collapse, Neolithic Europe, Archaeological Culture
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What caused the classic maya collapse why was the second city of troy destroyed when was it. Eg elm tree decline in neolithic europe , was it become of climate change, or human exploitation. Why do similar but independent development happen all over the world ( agricultural, burial practices) Why did some people become farmers while others didn"t. Why did social complexity develop in some regions but not others. 5 process of events how did agriculture occur and become intensified scienctific, marxism , political, humanist, ecological ways of viewing this data. 3 main archaeology perspectives cultural historical perspective ( traditional archaeology) mid 1850- 1960 from 1960 became not the focus artifact analysis chronology. Main focus field technology ( stratification, law of superposition) If you assume that an archeolgical find is associated with a particular group. You are using the tradition prespective ( exam) Describes culture history often constructed in unilinear cultural evolution.
