ANT200H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Classic Maya Collapse, Archaeological Culture, Trans-Cultural Diffusion
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Why did things change? (what led us to where we are today, and what made societies different) Specific conditions of and burial and preservation: how did the animal bones get to be buried with tools (primary context or secondary, why are the textiles preserved so well. A specific event: what caused the classic maya collapse, why was the second city at troy destroyed, when did a specific person died. Specific pattern of events: climate change, was there a change in culture or exploitation by humans. Why did social complexity happen in some regions. A process: how did a hierarchical society develop and emerge, is complexity a given trajectory, how did agriculture occur. Pasts are interpreted by archs and this is influenced by arch"s point of view. May not be 100% accurate as to what actually happened. Goal is to get interpretation and what actually happened as close as possible. Explain society and change in some general way (the interpretation)
