Anthropology 2229F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Quadrat, John Torrington, William Braine

• School: Western University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: Anthropology 2229F/G
• Professor: Peter Timmins

Document Summary

Anthro 2229 jan 23rd 2018 lecture 5 notes. Archaeological site: any place where material evidence exists about the human past. The archaeological record - is composed of the artifacts, ecofacts and features, along with their contexts, that have survived the passage of time to form archaeological sites. Archaeological feature - a non-portable artifact (a pit, a hearth, or a structure) Are usually measured, drawn, photographed, sometimes excavated/sampled. E. g. exposing a privy feature at the salmoni site, amherstburg, ontario. Formation processes - the ways in which human behaviours and natural actions to operate to produce the archaeological record. Systemic context - a living behavioural system in which artifacts were originally manufactured, used, reused and discarded. Archaeological context - once artifacts enter the ground they are part of the archaeological context, where they can continue to be affected by hunan action, but also affected by natural processes. Schiffer"s model for the life-cycle of an artifact.