Anthropology 2229F/G Lecture Notes - Paleo-Indians, Lewis Binford
18 Jul 2012
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What should be found at a domestic site: everyday debris, broad range of debris, redundancy, frequency. Should be more than work areas: e. g. Arranged in a semi-circle, spacing is the same, redundant. Most of the stone used for tools the same, but some was different. Aggregation site, many groups gathered together: how to find housing structures. Debris collects around the inside walls of the structure. Debris can gather around activity areas, e. g. hearths: e. g. Evidences of a hearth in each structure. Fairly large houses: can get similar patterns without housing structures. Found that at hunting overlooks, activity focused around the hearth. Big pieces of debris that are in the way are thrown away, called the toss zone . Hearth size can be indicative of whether or not it is a house or not: housing elaborateness. Different levels of housing for different levels of society. More complex the society, the more complex the structures.
