CLST 129 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Taphonomy
24 Apr 2013
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Artifacts: objects used, modified or made by people. Typology: pictoral decoration on pot surface could help to form or be related to a sequence of design styles and tell us something about ancient beliefs, particularly if it shows depictions of gods or other figures. Artifacts can include all humanly modified components of a landscape such as hearths, post- holes and storage pits- these non portable artifacts are better described as features. Formation process: may affect the way in which finds came to be buried and what happened to them after they were buried: study of this process is called taphonomy. Cultural formation process: the deliberated or accidental activities of humans as they make/ use artifacts, build/ abandon buildings, plow fields ect. Natural formation process: are natural events that govern both the burial and survival of the archaeological record. Cultural formation process: accusation of raw material, manufacture, use (and distribute, disposal or discard.
