ANT200H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Experimental Archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology, Bioarchaeology
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Analogy is basis of most if not all archaeological interpretations. Process of reasoning based on similarities between 2 entities. Mechanism: if 2 things are similar in some respects then they may be similar in other respects. Link it with something we know for sure then see if other entity has additional similar features. Ethnographic: material/non-material aspects of a living culture: ethnography the description of contemporary cultures, ethnoarchaeology ethnographic studies designed to aid archaeological interpretations. Experimental: duplicating behavioural process under carefully controlled conditions. In american southwest, archs often found structures with the following features: Living american indian hopi society in the same region also has structures sharing all features. They called small pit sipapu, which symbolizes the place where the hopi emerged from the underworld. Can"t say this is what the small pit was for, because we are only focusing on the similarities between the: we also need to focus on the difference. And share almost all same features in house.
