ANTH 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Homo Erectus, Homo Heidelbergensis, Spear-Thrower
21 Feb 2016
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Anthropology chapter 5 - human cultural evolution - 2. 5 million to 20,000 years ago. The archaeological record: archaeology: a cultural anthropology of human past focusing on any material evidence that humans have made a mark on. Try to understand past human biology & culture. Very destructive & intrusive: nd a site & survey it, excavation, analyse & interprete, archaeological record: all physical remains of human activities, archeological sites: any precise location with physical evidence of past human activity, including: Base camps: sites where processing occurs & people carried out certain activities; recognized by the presence of artifacts & ecofacts, often in a speci c pattern, that can be identi ed as a feature. Habitation sites: based on the inference that people where living there, at least at a temporary basis. Lithic scatters: accumulation of waste akes created & left behind from making lithic (stone) tools. Shelters & house structures: relative dating: provides a time frame in relation to other material.
