Anthropology 2229F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Sedentism, Frontier Closed Area

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Anthropology 2229g final exam review part 1. Phases: distinct, but have continuity, e. g. technology: evidence of continuity called a microtradition. Horizons: widespread phenomenon over an area: e. g. development of fluted points. Period: used to recognize time sequences, can be used for very long periods of time and space; a bit arbitrary, often too broad/general. Stage: stage of cultural development over time; e. g. hunter-gatherers sedentism. Technoenvironmental: how people articulate with their environment, subsistence and settlement patterns, sociological organization also a factor, sources of information: Want to identify the genus and species if possible, very difficult to do. Natural and cultural processes, recovery techniques, number of species possible (living and extinct), and need large comparative collections. Articulated skeletons usually indicates a natural death, scattered means butchered: 2. Problems: some animals are larger = more bone fragments, more resistant to weathering, some species have more bones than others (e. g. mni: minimum number of individuals fish)