ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Remote Sensing, Relative Dating, Ground-Penetrating Radar
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The matrices in which artifacts, eco facts, sites and other human-manufactured features or results of past human action are found. Not necessarily found below ground, e. g cultural landscapes". Artifacts any portable object whose form has been shaped (i. e. manufactured or modified) by way of human activity. Features- nonportable material evidence of human activity (eg. hearths, storage pits, postholes) Eco facts- non-artificial material evidence of human activity. Lighter materials float to the surface, caught in sleeves design. Screen- considerations: aperture size of mesh tied to research. Can be defined in a number of ways. Usually consists of a collection of activity areas containing any of the following; Regional level: map coordinates, settlement features (e. g roads, towns) Human agencies eg. curating/ discard of objects. Natural agencies eg. soil composition, environment, temperature, disturbance by animals (tophonomic processes) Note~ a number of sites are found by accident. Field walking used to survey ____ areas, very efficient.
