ANT 2307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Morton Fried, Problem Solving, Neolithic Revolution
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Hoggarth | ant 2307 | fall 2017 | lecture 10 | page 1. Prehistory - period of time before the appearance of written records. Pseudoarcheology - interpretations of the past from outside of the archaeological science community, which reject the accepted data gathering and analytical methods of the discipline. Archaeology - the study of the human past through its material remains. Anthropology - study of human beings as biological organisms and as culture-bearing creatures. Four fields - biological, archaeological, cultural anthropology, linguistics. Paleoanthropologist - combine the work of these scientists. Paleontologist - examine the fossil remains of animal and plant life to understand past geological periods. Excavation - digs - sites where artifacts are found. Artifact - evidence of the tools or other items that people made that can be moved or carried (ex. Material culture - the durable aspects of culture such as tools, structures, and art.
