ANTH 2015 Lecture : Lecture 8 2015
Document Summary
Cultural: burial dug through floor/ firepit dug into earlier deposits. Nels nelson, alfred v. kidder (look for changes in the artifacts over time (cars and clothes change)) James deetz & edwin dethlefsen (gravestones in new england cemeteries. They recorded the motifs (designs) and dates on gravestones) Death"s heads (puritans), cherub (victorian age), willow & urn (end of victorian age) Eg. coffin handles in st. thomas anglican churchyard. Split inheritance (when king died, son inherited title of king but no money. Money was left to other relative if they kept the king"s ground good forever) Assign age to your excavation based on known date at another site (late classic maya pot and basing style off that. Style"s change over time, but are not introduced at the same time) Date archeological sites by association with geological features. Glacial strandlines (beaches) in ontario, canada: geological features/ old lakebeds. Association of extinct animals eg. folsom site, new mexico (bison antiquus & folsom fluted point)
