ANTH 111 Lecture Notes - Bog, Tooth Eruption, Paleopathology
Discussion of the formation of archaeological sites and the
preservation of cultural materials:
Site Formation Processes is the environmental and cultural
factors that affect how and where materials are deposited at
an archaeological site or fossil locale
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Pompeii
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Biases in Preservation are the differences in preservation
create a bias in what is found on archaeological sites
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The Tollund Man-- found in peat bog (no oxygen), they could
see what was in his stomach, tell his age by teeth/bones
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Taphonomy are how materials become part of the
paleontological or archaeological record. Also refers to the
study of the processes that affect organic remains after death.
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Experimental Archaeology is research that attempts to
replicate ancient technologies and construction procedures to
test hypotheses about past activities.
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Clovis tools kit was sufficient to kill mammoths
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Analysis of Human and Prehuman Skeletons are analyzed:
Species--based on defining characteristics
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Sex--certain physical characteristics such as the angles of the
pelvis a can reveal the sex of an individual
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Age at death--age at death may revealed by looking at tooth
eruption and epiphyseal fusion--diaphysis (shaft), epiphyses--
fusion lines can tell how old a person is
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Geographic origin--strontium isotope** analysis can reveal
information about geographic origin and migration patterns
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Pathology and disease--(Paleopathology)evidence of disease
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Analyzing Archaeological Data, Dating Methods (pg.
39-63)
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
10:32 AM
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Document Summary
Discussion of the formation of archaeological sites and the preservation of cultural materials: Site formation processes is the environmental and cultural factors that affect how and where materials are deposited at an archaeological site or fossil locale. Biases in preservation are the differences in preservation create a bias in what is found on archaeological sites. The tollund man-- found in peat bog (no oxygen), they could see what was in his stomach, tell his age by teeth/bones. Taphonomy are how materials become part of the paleontological or archaeological record. Also refers to the study of the processes that affect organic remains after death. Experimental archaeology is research that attempts to replicate ancient technologies and construction procedures to test hypotheses about past activities. Clovis tools kit was sufficient to kill mammoths. Analysis of human and prehuman skeletons are analyzed: Sex--certain physical characteristics such as the angles of the pelvis a can reveal the sex of an individual.
