ANTH 2015 : Anthropology Notes (Final Exam)
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"feast of the dead" ritual reburial of deceased before village abandoned: dig up and bring all those who died during occupation of village to a common burial pit or. 4/1/14: soil fertility depleted for corn agriculture, nearby trees cut for fuel, easier to abandon village and relocate than to travel for fields and fuel. One eye-witness account: father brebeuf (jesuit missionary) witnessed a huron ossuary burial, believed to be ossossane site, excavated by ken kidd (1949) Radiocarbon date: tibia not enough carbon, a. d. 1550 50 (one standard deviation) Radiocarbon dating and 2 way tables will be on the final exam! Lecture 14: word list for diet (animal remains; plant remains) Label and store: preparing fish bones, kendra lyons, species, element (bone, side (left or right) Royal food in belize : orlando: hunting story and taking him to the zoo. Concepts: taphonomy, what happens after the bones are discarded, hermit crabs.
