ANT200H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter Week 3: Human Events, Transpose, Taphonomy
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Archaeological record surviving and retrievable material remains of past human activity. Residue of past activity becomes data when the archaeologist recognizes their significance as evidence and collect and records them. Three basic classes: artifacts, features, ecofacts. Portable objects whose form is modified (for use or by use) or wholly created human activity. Shape and other traits of artifacts are not altered by removal from their place of discovery: e. g. stone hammer is formed by human activity and retain its form and appearance after taken from the ground. Nonportable human-made remains that cannot be removed from their place of discovery without altering or destroying their original form. Composite features: building, remains with multiple parts. May be deliberately constructed or grown by simple accumulation. Usually define an area where one or more activities once took place. Nonartifactual natural remains that nonetheless have cultural relevance.
