ANT 101 Lecture 15: 10/20/17
20 Oct 2017
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More concerned with multiple technologies reflected in the much wider artifact types and. Time for which we have written record, no matter how incomplete. Distinction from prehistoric archaeology structures/buildings associated with those artifacts. Wider group of subspecialists involved in a project, usually with a common purpose. How to clean artifacts and stabilize architectural structures. Special focus on maine in the 17th century. Maine was strategic importance to english, french, and dutch. People buying coastal land very quickly and built upon. Area of penobscot down east was not a yankee homeland. Lifestyle and technological changes from a generation ago are as extinct as one four hundred years ago. Material culture: often reflects mundane day to day activities. Objective: learn about past life ways, not just collect artifacts. History can be elitist: focus on the winners/ Primary sources: at the time the event occurred. Archaeological data: primary in a sense because it is not processed.
