ANTH 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Kennewick Man, Native American Graves Protection And Repatriation Act, Paleopathology
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Archeology studies human behavior, cultural patterns, and processes through the culture"s material remains. Paleoanthropology: study of hominid, hominin, and human life through the fossil record (biology + archaeological anthropology) Paleontology: study of ancient life through the fossil record. Palynology: study of ancient plants through pollen samples. Bone biology: study of bone as a biological tissue. Anthropometry: the measurement of human body parts as dimensions (not super accurate) Paleopathology: the study of disease and injury of skeletons from sites: require knowledge of soft tissue, bone bio, and the skeleton (vcu has paleopathology research lad) Molecular anthropology: uses genetic analysis to assess evolutionary links. Paleoecology: reconstructing paleoenvironments where our early ancestors lived. Historical archaeology: use written records as supplements to study societies with written histories. Classical archaeology: study literal civilizations of the eastern mediterranean. Underwater archeology: investigate submerged sites like ships (relatively new) Contract archaeology: aka cultural resource management aka crm) negotiate contracts for their work- the business guys.
