ANT317H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Anishinaabe, Cryptocrystalline, Conchoidal Fracture
Document Summary
Historical contexts of current indigenous communities in ontario: not descendants of the people that were there 500 years ago, e. g. Mississaugas of the new credit first nation: e. g. Truth & reconciliation: initiative of federal government. Map of peoples distributed after contact with europeans. Different groups aligned with either the english or the french. Archaeology and the image of the american indian. Argues the most important factor shaping the long-term development of north american archaeology has been traditional euroamerican stereotype which portrayed. Identifies hidden assumptions: inherently unprogressive = no internal change: suggesting only progressive civilized cultures changed. The people who were doing archaeology were not indigenous and will impose external views onto their studies. Technology based on modifying rock (lithic) is one of the longest surviving examples of technology. People came to na on beringia from siberia (dyuktai) ), and mexico, panama, and northern chile (monte verde, 14,000) North & south america: meadowcroft 18,000 bp, monte verde, 12,000bc found beam-like structure.
