CAS AR 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Before Present, Beringia, Archaic Humans
24 Feb 2016
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Archaeology systematic study of our human past, based on investigation of material culture & context, together forming the archaeological record: goals: Explain cultural process: constantly changing & evolving. Artifact objects used, modified, or made by people material culture: lithics (aka stone) Temper when things are mixed into the clay like shells or grass. Decoration (styles change through time typology: bone & shell, metals (copper, bronze tin & copper alloy, iron, iron-ore, gold, silver, etc. ) Iron corrodes: glass sand to glass=heat, architectural structures, region. Defined by geographical boundaries like mtn. "s & water. Regional analysis spatial analysis to explore how behaviors structure a settlement. Piltdown fraud british amateur arch. put orangutan & human together for form a skull: key missing part between apes & humans, fluorine dating proved it was fake. Feature all humanly modified components of a site or landscape, such as hearths, postholes, & storage pits (non-portable) Floating calendar vs. absolute calendar: floating calendar.
