ANTH 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Lithic Reduction, Homo Habilis, Oldowan
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Show activity areas and features (view from above) Geographic information systems: ethics and excavation, archaeology is controlled destruction. Sites cannot be put back together after excavation. Excavate only what is necessary and conserve the rest. Don"t do whole site unless really need to. Choices always have consequences: if you recover it, you must care for it. Once an artifact is recovered, youre stuck with it. Do not excavate unless you can care for the material properly and forever. there is no end date" when you no longer need to care for them: artifacts are literally priceless. Looting destroys the archaeological record and context is lost. Context is equally if not more important than an artifact itself. We do not buy sell or appraise archaeologicalh materials. Discussion post 3 extra credit: two types of stone tools. Chipped stone tools- made by flitknapping chipping tools. Spear and arrow heads, knives, scrapes, blades, etc. Ground stone tools- made by grinding, pecking and polishing.
