ANTH 201 Midterm: Prehistoric Archaeology Study 1.docx

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Archaeology is the study of the lives and cultures of ancient peoples through the systematic study of their material remains. Began as antiquarianism (during renaissance), and developed into classical. It is the study of ancient peoples before the development of writing. (19thc in england, france & In 1787, john frere discovers stone tools associated with the bones of extinct animals (hippotamus) at hoxne, england. Speculates that the tools date to beyond the age of the present world . Beginnings of scientific archaeology in denmark, all made by the staff of the. Thompsen organized the archaeology displays according to the 3 age system (stone, bronze, iron) J. j worsaae 1st to use excavation & study of stratigraphy to prove that the 3 age system was correct. S. nilsen 1st to use ethnographic analogy to interpret archaeological artifacts. using information on the technology of living primitive people to guess function of stone tools.