ANT100Y1 Lecture : ANT100Y October 27.docx
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Locate archeological sites; areas of human habitation or where fossils are found. Provenience: information about where they were buried related to all other aspects is preserved. Have to record before and after the removal of artifacts because it is destructive. Material culture: the objects that people have and make. Site formation process: environmental and cultural factors that affect how and where materials are deposited. Midden: pile of refuse, often shells, in an archaeological site. Location and refuse materials: all part of material culture. Fossil locales: those paces where the fossilized remains of animals are found. Fossil: an impression of an insect or leaf on a muddy or other surface that is now stone. Fossilization: process of becoming a fossil by the replacement of organic materials with an inorganic material mix. Animal dies deteriorates teeth/bones left minerals in ground may bind to these inorganic materials hardens.
