ARKY 205 Chapter 1:
29 Jan 2019
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Archeological site- a site is a place where people lived and/or worked and where the material objects that they made, used, lost, or discarded can yet be recovered or analyzed. An anthropological perspective: anthropology- the study of humanity. The extrasomatic (beyond biological) means of adaptation of a human group: artifact- any object manufactured by a human being or human ancestor. Usually defined further as a portable object like a stone spearpoint or clay pot to distinguish it from larger more complex archaeological features. The age of earth: creationist- one who believes that the universe, the earth, life, and humanity are the product of the creation of an all-powerful god. A wreck of a world: catastrophist- an adherent to the perspective that the current appearance of the earth can be best explained as having resulted from a series of natural catastrophes for example, floods and volcanoes.
