ANT 274 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Franz Boas, Processual Archaeology, Problem Solving
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Original beginning of the world: 4004 bc: archaeology is a history of ideas, archaeological facts. Archaeology is not a body of established fact. Archaeology, like any science, is a series of persuasive arguments based on evidence. Four periods of archaeology: speculative period (1400"s 1840, period of antiquarians (1850) Important period where people began to collect some information and ask questions. Had a mound from native americans in his yard: he digs a trench through the mound, it was like a layered cake, had strata. Believed most of the landforms we see today formed slowly. Speculated that the world was much older than 4004 bc. Thomsen 3 age system (stone, bronze, iron: classification and historical period (1840-1960) Looked at living peoples to come up with new ideas about evolution based on darwin"s ideas. Came to the same conclusions separate of each other. Believes you have to look at other cultures without comparing them to your own.
