ANT100Y1 Lecture : arch lecture one
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N archaeology is concerned with everyday practises and everyday life. N for example, tools which were used back in the day as well as pots and bone tools. N archaeological record: the matrices in which artifacts, ecofacts, sites and other human-manufactured features or results of past human action are found. N three typical elements of archaeological research: observed materiall culture, unobserved human/non-human activity. N artifact: any portable object whose form has been shaped (i. e. , manufactured or modified)by way of human activity. N feature: nonportable material evidence of human activity (e. g. , hearths, storage pits, postholes) N ecofacts: non-artifactual material evidence of human activity, can be further subdivided into macrofossils and microfossils, macrofossils. S visible to the naked eye, e. g. kernel of corn. S can be retrieved through flotation or normal excavation procedures: microfossils. S e. g. , pollen, phytoligths found in soils or residues adhering to artifacts. S visible only under high-power magnification, 200x or greater.
