ANTH 2015 Lecture : Anthropolgy 2015 Condensed Notes
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Archeology- *the study of material remains (no time frame). Anthropology: the study of humans, how they lived, what they left behind, and their biology (cultural, linguistic, archeology, biological). Archeological record: everything that you can see on or in the ground. Earliest humans (homo erectus, autralopithicus aferensis- 100 thousand years ago) present. Turning point: consulting archeology (crm-cultural resource management, there are a lot of jobs in archeology that involve consulting archeology (95%), archeological assesments are done to see if there are any sites. Sometimes an excavation will be done: national historic preservation act of 1966 requires any developmental project done with federal money to have an archeological assessment. Created a state office of archeology in every state: curiosity about the past, john lloyd stephens- got the publics interest in archeology. Traveled to central america with an artist in search of ruins. Went to copan in honduras- major ancient mayan city- and bought it for .
