ANTH 003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Moe Williams, Data Analysis
29 Oct 2020
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Provenience: the location of artifacts, features, and deposits in 3-dimensional space. Context: association between objects, deposits, and artifacts. The description of where something is found and how it relates to the. Surveying: walk surface and document what you see. Specialized samples: pollen samples, tree-ring samples, flotation samples. Data analysis: computer analysis, chemical and compositional analysis, artifact analysis. Object level, assemblage level, site level, regional level. Deposition, reclamation (find artifact from past culture (looting)), disturbance, reuse. Culture: integrated system of beliefs, traditions, customs. Many aspects of culture are not physical. Material culture consists of actual objects or observable things. But most of culture and lived and acted. Assumption 1: archaeological material=footprint of the past. Culture provides norms of behavior that are learned, not instinct. Culture structures, but does not dictate behavior. Material culture may or may not reflect cultural borders. Material culture may not reflect temporal change. Individuals may or may not use dress and objects to actively assert identity.
