ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Deciduous Teeth, Paleopathology, Pelvis
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Ethnoarchaeology: observing people to understand how archaeological records are produced. Paleoethnography: trying to understand a culture only through archaeological remains. Ethnography: the intensive study and description of a particular culture. Ethnographic analogy: a written description of the life of a recorded group is used as a model for interpreting the archaeological record. Direct historial approach: using a historically recorded culture, (descents of a group) to find out about its ancient culture. Scientists also make the tools, and observe the wear patterns on the tools. Denmak: people lived in a dwelling similar to the one in the danish bronze age. O16/o18 ratio= can tell you changes in climate. Because when its hot, both isotopes evaporate a lot, when its cold, o16 evaporates more because it is lighter. Foraminifera: marine organisms whse skeletons are used in oxygen isotope analysis. Palynology: the indentification of plants through their preserved pollen remains. Middens: a pile of trash produced by the inhabitants of a settlement.
