ANT200H5 Lecture : ANT200 (Oct 11).docx
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Topic 6 archaeological paradigms (contemporary approaches): chapter 3. Domains of archaeology: empirical: material evidence. Sites, artifacts, attributes: analytical: variables and values. How we take static and material record and come up with results. Anthropological units: family, household, community, society (sometimes nation states) Language families in older times: band: population is small, tribe: larger than band, chiefdom: made up of several tribes where there"s a centre leader, state, hunter gatherers, horticulturalists: growing crops, factory workers: class. History of scientific archaeology: ashmore and sharer chapter 2, origins. The beginning of scientific approach of modern science: scientific archaeology. Started making more scientific statements of the past. 1960 to now is what we call contemporary archaeology. Paradigm: theoretical framework, school of thought , example: biology. Paradigm: darwinian evolution (controversial, but most people agree on this idea or paradigm in the biology field) Materialist vs ideational: etic (outsider"s view) Joining the group and understanding how the community works.
