CAS AR 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Openair, Neolithic Revolution, Dunne D.5
25 Mar 2016
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Ar101 lecture 12: cultural-historical & processual (or new ) arch. 1960: focus on cultural chronology, culture-historical arch. Turning point in arch. (1960-present) processual and new arch. Aniquity of humanity development of paleolithic arch: associaion of stone tools w/ exinct animals=recogniion of great ime depth, uniformitarianism & evoluion (geological principles) Interest in devising a universal theory to explain cultural & social diferences: brings western society into contact w/ diverse range of cultures. 19th cent. views of social evoluion: unilinear all socieies change from simple to complex, progress increasing intelligence, beauty, goodness, etc. are inevitable, superiority of the west meant to lead others toward progress. Orderly, moral, wealthy, supersiious, violent, & ignorant, supersiious, clean, sophisicated, white, dangerous violent, & dangerous. Idea of progress through ime (both opimisic & pessimisic approaches) progress: posiivism. Improvements through technology, science, & knowledge: things get beter through ime.
