ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Radiocarbon Dating, Thermoluminescence Dating, Flaked
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Archaeology usually deals with history prior to writing (5000 years ago: historical archaeology deals with recent history, rely on geology and physical geography to find sites of early human occupation. Locate archaeological sites where there are fossil remains of a hominin, or of a settlement. Provenience location of an artifact or feature within a site. Important to see the environment where artifact was found. Material culture objects that people have and make and are a direct reflection of human culture and behavior to understand how a community changed one must look at: changes in environment, population numbers religion and culture. Must look at context where material was found. Easier to look at inorganic materials such as stone, metals, baked clay, because organic material decays quicker (bone, shell, hair, paper, muscle tissue) Fossil locales places where fossilized remains of animals are found, but it doesn"t show on life of animal, only show remains and location.
