ANTA01H3 Lecture 2: Week 2 Anthropology
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Archaeology - branch of anthropology focusing on the human cultural past. Study of people through analysis of what they left behind. This is the only way we can learn directly about people in the past especially those who lived before the invention of written. Paleoanthropologists deal with the skeletal remains of people. Interested in how and why human biology changed over the more than 6 million years we and our upright walking ancestors have been around. Sites a place that contains evidence of a past human presence. Feature a non-portable element of a site, composed of artefacts for example, a grave or fireplace. Process of finding sites: reference to previous research conducted in an area, examination of local history for stories of discoveries made by inhabitants, contacting local collectors of artefacts. Field survey the process of discovering archaeological sites. Remote sensing non-invasive examination of sites where no soil is removed.
