49-111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Serration, Dendrochronology, The Sequence

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology
• Course: 49-111
• Professor: Denunzio

Document Summary

Tangible ( things that can be touch , something solid) Intangible ( things that cannot be touched, ex:- soil stains) ***artifacts are the tangible remains of the past that are a patterned reflection of the culture that produced them. They do it through analysis of tangible and intangible remains. Artifacts: when people make tools in the past they used tools. They chip off and break the stone until they get the required shape. There are even microscopic debris you can find and sometimes it can break with the slightest touch and need to be taken picture of it. there are also huge debris. Any object material or substance that is created or made, modified , used, deposited or affected by human action and is of cultural heritage value or interest. Human create artifact and they modify some artifacts. Modifying artifacts is changing something we already have. The artifacts reflects the values, uses or limitation a society or culture places.