ANTH 1010H Chapter 3: Chapter 3 Glossary anthro.docx

• School: Trent University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1010H
• Professor: Jocelyn Williams

Document Summary

The geologic period lasting from about 1. 9 million years to about 10,000 years ago, essentially the ige ages . Prehistoric archaeology: the archaeology before written records from any time and any place. Historical archaeology: the archaeology of literate societies, primarily those of the recent past; often refers to the remains of european cultures outside of europe. Classical archaeology: the archaeology of classic states, such as greece and rome, in the area of the mediterranean. Maritime archaeology: the branch of archaeology that deals with any archaeological materials related to the marine environment. Archaeological record: the record of past human behavior, the material remains of past human activities distributed in patterns across the landscape and in varying degrees of condition. The unmodified remains of biological materials used by, or related to the activities of, people, such as discarded animal bone or charcoal from hearth fires or natural pollen in an archaeological site.