ANTHRO 2AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Relate, Problem Solving, Radiocarbon Dating
8 Dec 2016
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Review session, mon, dec 5, 9-10 am, 2050 vlsb. Strengths of archaeology: macro/micro scales, democratizes the past, Everyday people are often times invisible: (cid:685)excluded pasts(cid:686) Can employ holistic approaches using historical arch and multiple lines of evidence to bring together a better, more well rounded understanding of the past: _ challenges of studying archaeological record. Differential preservation of material cultures: things may or may not be there, may be there. Palimpsests: smearing of different arch materials from different times, materials are not separated distinctly through chronology formation processes can affect the spatial integrity of the arch materials, arch record is continually being transformed: _ history of archaeology-- Culture history, processual, post-processual approaches: _ research design: problem-oriented research. A plan for implementing problem oriented research. Have research questions that you are trying to address think about what kinds of arch materials you need to collect to address those questions think about research team, stakeholders, descendant communities: _ data acquisition .
