ANTHRCUL 101 Lecture 3: Lecture 3

• School: U of M
• Department: Anthropology, Cultural
• Course: ANTHRCUL 101
• Professor: Brent Pav

Document Summary

Overview: research methods in archaeology and physical anthropology, kinds of archaeology, dating the past, kinds of physical anthropology, research methods in cultural anthropology, ethnography: anthropology"s distinctive strategy, ethnographic techniques, survey research, doing anthropology right and wrong: ethical issues. Research methods in archaeology and physical anthropology: multidisciplinary approaches. Paleoanthropology: study of human evolution through fossil record. Fossils: remains, traces, or impressions of ancient life forms. Typically requires a team of scientists, students, and local workers: survey and excavation. Systematic survey: provides regional perspective by gathering information on settlement patterns over a large area: settlement patterns: distribution of sites within a region. Excavation: recover remains by digging through layers of deposits that make up a site: superposition principle: in an undisturbed sequence of strata, the oldest layer is on the bottom. Kinds of archaeology: archaeologists use variety of methods. Experimental archaeology: replication of ancient techniques and processes. Historical archaeology: use written records (when available) as guides and supplements to archaeological research.