AR101 Lecture Notes - Historical Archaeology, Jacob Brown, Consumerism
26 Aug 2013
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This discipline studies the material remains from archaeological sites that date after the arrival of. Studies focus not only on europeans but equally on first nations people, and people of african descent. Documents and oral history are used to aid in interpretation. Questions that can"t be answered by documents alone. Need to use documents together with stratigraphy and artifacts in context to answer questions of larger significance. Questions can be site-specific who, what, where, when and why, but should also attempt to place site into larger context and address processes such as colonialism, war/conflict, industrialization, urbanization, consumerism, acculturation, assimilation, resistance, etc. Administered by the niagara parks commission, government of ontario. The british laid siege to fort erie for several weeks during the us occupation in the summer of. 1812-1813: most of the victories were on the british"s side had the upperhand.
