ANTHRO 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Dendrochronology, Principle Of Faunal Succession, Lithostratigraphy
Document Summary
Paleoantrhopologists reconstruct the anatomy, behavior and ecology of our ancestors. Multidisciplinary group of specialiasts trying to reconstruct every bit of information at a particular time. Includes: geology, geomorphology, geophysics, chemistry, taphonomy (physical sciences, physical anthropology, ecology, primatology, biarch, osteology (biological sciences, archeology, ethnoarcheology, cultural anthropology, psychology (social sciences, understanding artifacts and material culture. Look at materials produced to understand societal behaviors: features. Past environments and behaviors: sites, fossils and trace fossils. Preservations of a number of fossil specimens. Replacement of organic material with stone, water dissolves out and brings in elements to crystallize bone remains. The study of what happens to the remains of an animal from the times of its death to the time of its discovery. Geological processes: depositional history and site formation processes. Paleocene, eucene, oligocene, miocene: age of mammals, k-t boundary between cretaceous and cenezoic. Speciation follows in mieocene: pleistocene (1. 8-2 mya)- humans. How to get a date: relative dating.
