ANT200Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jacques Boucher De Crèvecœur De Perthes, John Frere, Emblem Book
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Nisp: 2631 gazelle, 2 cattle, 10 sheep/goat, 2 equid. Gazelle mni = 93: only about 28 bones per carcass on average. Reason for a large amount of toe bones leftover: these bones will be left in the hide when being butchered. Type fossil: objects that are particular to a specific time and place, difficult to quantify. Typology: divide into categories, these change through time, can look at an artifact from an excavation and determine the time period it was made/used. Attributes: break an artifact down into its attributes. Increasing demand for quantifying the artifact: early 60s, built upon technology. Seriation: as we move through time, styles will wax and wain in a predictable fashion. The style will increase in popularity and then decrease in popularity: ex: the grave stones in new england. The floating skull head, winged cherub, willow and urn motifs on the head of the grave stone.
