ANT100Y1 Lecture : Lecture 2
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Cleaning, conservation (may or may not be necessary; depends on the artifact class), cataloguing (take what you"ve found, find a scheme to keep track/record of the artifacts) Classification assign items to categories in a pre-arranged system (rules determined whether item belongs or doesn"t belong to a class) popular method is typology. Typology classification of artifact states" based on some criterion or criteria. Artifacts are either emic or etic in nature. Emic: insider"s view of culture; type recognized by manufacturer as meaningful. Etic - outsider"s view of culture; the type is only meaningful to the analyst. Typically we distinguish between: heads), (faunal), not used as. Artifacts, include items made from stone/lithics (ex. Ecofacts, which include faunal remains (animal bones that are tools), and floral remains (plant materials not used as tools) Lithic tools display evidence of reduction; can be further subdivided into: chipped or. Flintknapping one of the earliest industrial arts; emerged with h. habilis some 2. 5 mya.
