ANT340H5 Lecture 2: Lecture 2.docx
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Theory: empirical foundation; based on some data a basis from which we establish an understanding for why things are a particular way a means for understanding/interpreting actions and/or behaviour. Theory way by which we can explain something. Theoretical paradigm a particular approach: processual archaeology. How do we interpret data: levels of theory. Departure of a population from a stationary state (wood et al. , 1993; With respect to health: selective mortality, jackes how simple differences in demographic profiles can affect what we. Refers to the bias because you can only asses the ones that died. Paradox more lesions could have been healthy enough, no lesions because they couldn"t survive at all. Risk today is not same for population (across or between) Each one can be individualized so it may not affect the entire population. We can only work with what we have. Must take into consideration non-stationary and how it effects our interpretation. Analysis is sorting out the structure is significance.
