ANT200H5 Lecture : ANT200 (Sept 6).docx
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Second term: world prehistory (presenting the archaeology finds) Prehistory is the times before written histories was recorded. The set of theories, methods and techniques used by archaeologists. Why should we be interested in archaeology: entertainment (indiana jones movie, not real example though, exploitation. Chariot of the gods, testifying about aliens : scientific understanding of the human past. Science because it employs scientific methods, with indirect empirical data. Approaches to archaeology: classical archaeology: been around for 2-4 hundred years, focus on classic civilizations such as mediterranean, greece and rome, historical archaeology: concentrate on societies that are more modern with written histories. They are train to decipher the historical records and correlate with the materials found through excavation because the written histories are often bias: forensic archaeology: used in legal systems, prehistoric archaeology:
