ANTH 2015 Lecture : Archaeology 3/6/14 - Lecture 7 Pt.1
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* blue highlighted words/phrases are taken directly from the lecture 7 word list. What"s the difference between an antiquities collector and an archaeologist? of. The collectors view the objects themselves as important. Archaeologists view the context of the objects as important. The vertical and horizontal location of an object. The association of the object with other things. Antiquities sold for large sums of money at auction houses. Stratified systematic unaligned random is unpredictable and no better than simple random. Classical maya pottery vessel, postclassical maya pot, etc. 1926 discovery of stone point embedded in rib cage of extinct bison. The context indicated people were in the americas at the same time as ice-age animals. Before this site"s discovery, the idea of this coexistence was denied. Vertical location; peel off layers, building remains found. Burial found in floor of building. young woman buried on her stomach. Pottery found with burial - burial vessel.
