ANTHRO 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Postcrania, Social Grooming, Paleocene
14 Oct 2013
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Chapter two | the record of the past. Research design, a proposal in which the objectives of a project are set out and the strategy for recovering the relevant data is outlined. Fossil, the remains of bones and living materials preserved from earlier periods. Archaeological sites, places of past human activity that are preserved in the ground. Feature, nonmovable artifacts or traces of past human activity such as an ancient fire hearth, a pit-dug in the ground, or a wall. Context, the specific location in the ground of an artifact or fossil and all associated materials: look at the picture on page thirty-six. I think below both would be a gas line, a sewer pipe and some very interesting objects as well. The cranium provides insight into an animal"s vision, diet, cognitive abilities and posture. The post-cranium includes all of the bones in the body except for the skull.
