CAS AR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Collective Action, Lewis Binford, Absolute Dating
25 Jan 2018
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Most of the human past must be studied from archaeological data. Human past from 50 ~ millions of years with human remains. Stratigraphy (geological principle applied to human artifacts) 19th century. All artifacts should be collected and catalogued. Augustus pitt rivers, 1827-1900: first inspector of ancient monuments in great britain. Archaeological principles developed on his estate excavations: roman and saxon sites. It can be seen in the soil strata in which the artifacts were excavated. It does not only gives info about dates, context. How those artifacts relate to each other, patterns, and culture. Methods of modern archaeology, excavation: late 19th century, early 20th century. Placed the potteries he excavated in sequence from early to late. Before ww i: evidence in valley of kings (t. davis) Nov. 1922, howard carter finds 16 steps to sealed tomb (funded by lord carnarvon) Recording all artifacts (cid:281)in situ(cid:282) gives information about style of the artifacts, artistic value, how they related to each other.
