ANTH 003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Lewis H. Morgan, Lewis Binford, Marshall Sahlins
9 May 2020
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Countries developing laws to protect movement of antiquities, then preservation of sites themselves in 1950. Reservoir salvage act of 1960 archaeologists dig at salvage sites in danger of destruction. Cultural resources become something we talk about that could be affected by large projects. Julian steward environment adaptation to environment is how people evolved. Argued that multi-linear evolution happened in cultures. Wanted to divorce from ideas of progress (lewis henry morgan) Less racist way of talking about evolution of culture can be thought of as change, not necessarily with progress and reaching a goal in mind. Chiefdoms most ambiguous, mix between mobile and complex society. Movement in late 50"s and early 60"s happening in a lot of disciplines. Because there are a lot more statistical methods, more people in fields, new ideas and methods. Archaeological cultures should be thought of as cultural systems.
