Anthropology 2229F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Flinders Petrie, Prehistoric Egypt
18 Jul 2012
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Lecture 13 part 2 developing chronologies and relative dating: typological/stylistic dating. Changes in forms of artifacts over time. Change in form occurs gradually over time, certain characteristics added, deleted, etc. More similar artifacts are, the closer they are in age and vice versa. Can use major and discrete characteristics to differentiate artifacts. Those that share characteristics of both are usually intermediate in form between the other two types (e. g. between early and late) Have to have knowledge of the stratigraphy to place them in time: contextual seriation. To try and understand the age range of burials in pre-dynastic. Mostly ceramic objects; types of pottery used for certain periods of time, went out of style and was replaced with something different/better. Periods can overlap; oldest and youngest are usually distinct. Argued that objects get more complex over time; dangerous assumption. Those closer together in time will share artifacts, those farther apart will share fewer, if any: frequency seriation.
