ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Inert Gas, Ethnoarchaeology, Volcanic Glass
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Quiz: stratigraphy under relative dating methods for quiz. Quiz: absolute dating methods: radiocarbon dating & potassium-argon dating. Archaeological dating methods- relative dating methods and absolute dating methods. Relative dating methods: this is older than this; this is younger than this. Absolute dating methods: chronometric dating methods; same as relative dating methods. Anything that appears on the quiz will definitely appear on the exam. Paleoanthropology is not on the quiz but is on the exam. Focus on archaeological dating methods; relative vs. absolute. For genetics focus on lecture notes and tutorial assignments. The study of material remains in order to describe and explain human behavior (haviland et al. , 2009:11) Archaeology is unique in the subfield b/c of the examination of human remains. Material remains through naturally occurring material in the environment. Gives indication of lifestyle and behavior of humans that lived at that time. Anything created by/modified by humans are considered a part of archaeological interest.
