Anthropology 2229F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: William Rathje, Nazi Archaeology, Biodegradation
10 Apr 2018
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Anthro 2229 chapter 13 textbook notes on caring for the global cultural heritage . Anthropology is perceived as a pure (or basic) science - as the systematic pursuit of knowledge for its own sake. They are interested in large-scale questions about the basic nature of the human condition. But they"ve tried to do applied science - research to acquire the knowledge necessary to solve a speci c recognized problem. During wwii several anthropologists worked for war efforts by nding out national characters of allies or enemies. Other anthropologists oppose this thinking that anthropological knowledge will be used for military purposes. The garbage project was begun by william rathje an archaeologist who had previously specialized in maya archaeology. It looked at the trash of a community in tucson. They picked through trash from randomly selected households of different socioeconomic neighbourhoods. They sorted it on special tables provided by tucson"s sanitation department. Then went on to conduct trash archaeology all over country.
