ANTHRO 2AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: William Duncan Strong, Direct Historical Approach, Pecos National Historical Park
12 Feb 2018
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Modern us archaeology established with the founding of the society for american archaeology in 1935. Direct historical approach -a major concept that culture historians developed. Linking the present with the past, working from people and their activities today, back into the past, to link the present -one step at a time-with what happened in the past and all of its ramifications. William duncan strong and james ford (us) (1920-1930) This approach based on analogy, analogical reasoning. First applied to places like the american southwest. Taos pueblo (1900) compared to pecos pueblo (1300) In this temporal classificatory discussion: artifact types became important patterns and meaning of things. James ford (1940-50) north american, focused on this approach in the eastern us to study types. A type: class of objects that share traits (attributes) within assemblages. Ford: the type concept: thought that types were subjective constructs created in the past. Use direct historical approach to understand them better.
