ANT200H5 Lecture 9: Ant200 Lesson 9
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Classifications and arrangements are made differently, it"s all about what you"re looking for and the purpose. A process of organizing objects into groups based on shared attributes to facilitate further research. Attribute: observable and/or measurable characteristic trait of material evidence. Organize arch data into manageable meaning groups. By dividing mass of undifferentiated data into groups, it enables archs to organize vast arrays of data into manageable units. Thomsen 19th century danish scholar) (stone, bronze, iron) Purpose: chronological order of objects for museum exhibition. Purpose: organize the objects to describe its relationship to humans and determine data collection and processing strategies. Three basic categories of attributes for arch classification: Stylistic descriptive traits that are assumed to reflect choices of its makers and users. Technological: traits that reflect the manufacturing process (eg. of lithic abrasive surface, scars. Form is sometimes associated with the function water storage pot example.
