ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Toxicodendron Radicans, Processual Archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology

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18 Oct 2013
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Methods for studying material culture-the study of material remains in order to describe and explain human behavior. 3 types of material remains stuff we use, our body ecofacts-not intentionally modified by human behaviour. Widening archaeological applications (has changed a lot since ww 2: new dating techniques. New archaeology nuclear isotopes radio carbon dation, volcanic ash: more accurate dating (has revolutionized) o o, redefining archaeological aims, what behaviour is associated with artifacts indepth examination of culture. o. Protection of sites, rescue archaelogy, preserve archeological remains,artifacts. Any object modified by human beings-not intentional all the time, can be unintentional. Context is important-context is everything !,function within culture. Look at simple object ex:pot, context in which it was found, purpose, behaviour related to it, symbols of behaviour, function withing cultural framework. Items that become associated with a site through natural processes , associated with site.

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