CAS AR 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cascajal Block, Foramen Magnum, Tepanec

• School: Boston University
• Department: Archaeology
• Course: CAS AR 100
• Professor: William Saturno

Document Summary

Archaeology - the study of human past combining the themes of time and change. Culture - a means of human non-biological adaptation based on experience, learning and the use of tools. Material culture - artifacts and ecofacts from burial contexts. Matrix - the soil or physical material in which an excavation is conducted, or within which artifacts or fossils are embedded or supported. Matrix is the material (soil) within which cultural debris is contained. Sahelanthropus tchadensis - discovered in 2001 and 2002 by a chadian and french team. Small brain size (@ 350cc"s) similar to modern chimpanzees. Research team asserts that the placement of the foramen magnum illustrates habitual bipedalism. May be a direct ancestor of modern chimpanzees or gorillas: afarensis ( lucy ) First afarensis fossil was a mandible found in 1934 by ludwig kohl-larsen. Small brain large teeth long arms with curved fingers between ape and human: habilis, h. erectus, h. sapiens, neanderthals - chart.