ANT210H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Confirmation Bias, Statistical Hypothesis Testing
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How do we explain ainu origins? (native people of northern japan) Provide an archaeological example of hypothesis testing. Appearance: a cultural characteristic that they like to grow long beard, which has nothing to do with their background. Hypothesis 1: ainu economy (ad 700-1200) based on hunting, fishing, farming and their culture is a result of constant interaction with sociopolitical entities around them. Hypothesis 2: ainu economy (ad 700-1200) based on hunting, fishing, and gathering and their culture was isolated until recently; they are the last representatives of a once dominant culture that occupied the. No farming in the economy and culture was isolated until recently. Hypothesis 3: ainu economy (ad 700-1200) based on hunting, fishing, and gathering and their culture was isolated until recently; they are the last representatives of a european migration to japan in the distant past. They represent a european migration from the past.
