ANT 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Nuclear Chemistry, Palynology, Paleopathology
8 Nov 2016
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Broadly: archaeology of the historic period the time for which we have some written record, no matter how incomplete: could include: The time of king arthur in britain. Excavation of a world war 2 german pow camp. Here it has a more restricted meaning related to discovery, exploration, and post-contact period: the period of european awareness. Emergence of the modern world: largely, the expansion of european powers beginning in the late 15th century, in britain, france, and the netherlands scholars call themselves post- medievalists . Digs recorded similarly and look the same. Use of written records to complement the interpretation of artifacts. More concerned with the multiple technologies reflected in the much wider variety of artifacts and structures. A wider group of sub specialists involved in a project, many with a common purpose: historical geographers, historians, folklorists, etc, all interested in understanding the colonial/early american past. Entomology: insects (ascertaining time of death) Paleopathology: age and health at death.
