ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Archaeological Site, Aerial Survey, Sociocultural Anthropology
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Archaeology: the study of material remains (physical objects) and their spatial relationships to interpret past human behavior. Archaeology adds a historical dimension, and comparative case studies. History is based on written documents; archaeology on material culture. History is limited to at most 5000 years; less than 100 in some regions. Written records tend to focus on the rich and powerful. Often documents do not give up the complete picture, and only archaeology. Science is the systematic pursuit of knowledge about natural phenomena. Geology- e. g. , understanding what types of stone were selected for stone tools. Biology-e. g. , identification of bones of extinct species can fill the gaps. Physics and chemistry- e natural sciences- people are dynamic . Since archaeology deals with human behavior, it is often less predictable than the. The archaeological record is the sum of all physical evidence about the past that survives to the presents.
