CLASSICS 1A03 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ashlar, Thermoluminescence, Atreus

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Scientific study of material culture aka objects used by cultural groups (jewellery, coins) Archaeology methods: discovery & retrieval of artifacts. Excavation from depositions allows us to find chronological relationships between artifacts. Identification of object by type; fit into re-established category based on use. Determining date & place of product and maker. Determine role of object within culture most difficult seeing artifact through their eyes. Excavation by removal of strata (horizontal layers) of soil. Stratum= a deposition of soil accumulation over time. Stratigraphy= sequence of deposits of strata placed one above the other. Lower strata are more ancient than upper strata used to determine. Stratigraphy used to determine relative date or relative chronology. Rd= point of reference is another artifact/ event. Ad= date on fixed chronological scale that allows identification known. Dates anything once living based on known rates of carbon isotopes. Precision it +/- 100 years @ best: tree ring dating. Precision is +/- 100 years (typically less: thermo-luminescence dating.

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