ANTHR219 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: First Nations, Botany, Carl Linnaeus
9 Sep 2016
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Archaeology: the study of past human cultural behavior/ past human life. Artifact: object made/used by people (e. g. necklace made of sea shells) (a feature: a non-movable object, for example a wall, a burial site, a hearth) (a site: a place where artifacts are found) Archaeologists are not interested in recovering treasures; they have no value to them. Pre-history: the period of time before there was written history. History: the study of the past using written resources. Ethno history: when one group writes about another (e. g. ancient. Greeks writing about the celts, european fur traders writing about first nations) Oral history: pass on historical information from one generation to the next without writing it down. (talk to societies to learn about their past, you can learn a lot!) Archaeology was developed as a part of anthropology. The four field approach (the study of the past and present, and biological and cultural)
