ARH305H1 Lecture Notes - Ethnoarchaeology, Uniformitarianism, How Do You Know
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Tests: responsible for lectures & readings with emphasis on in-class material, not on memorization! Not a lot of dates: theoretics, definitions (on major or stressed terms, essay questions. Assignments: nfg assignment falasia" gives good example of what is expected, do not exceed a couple of pages. Four assignments including cook valley will be graded. First three assignments are at 15% while cook valley is at 20% Archaeological interpretation: finding the middle range: archaeological interpretation is all about inferring dynamics" from statistics. It"s all about working backwards: the dynamic cultural and natural process that produce the static archaeological record, this is called middle range theory" (theories of site formation) rather than big. Theory" (theories of human behavior: humans make things, do activities, etc, and leave things behind, this creates an archaeological site. Cultural and natural processes: it may or may nor preserve.
