ANT312H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Historical Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology
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Archaeological projects consist of research design and planning fieldwork lab work longest portion of project reporting of results. Prehistoric: materials dating before written history in the region, archaeology concerned with indigenous groups. Historical archaeology: deals with materials from cultures with written record literacy does not create a fair basis for comparison, archaeology concerned with nonindigenous groups. Proto-historic: archaeology concerned with native groups who continued with traditional pursuits but were heavily influenced by euroamericans. Understand future behaviour facilitate application of past knowledge to present needs. Understand environmental change anticipate human response archive biological diversity entertainment value tourism. The archaeological record consists of all sites, artifacts, ecofacts, features, and associations between them. Portable object made modified or used by humans: as long as it retains evidence of having been made or used e. g. simple tools (single part) or composite tools (made of multiple parts)
