ANP 203 Study Guide - Maay Language
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Archeology: (a) study of the human past through its material remains. Uses physical remains to order and describe ancient events, to explain the human behavior behind those events and to understand the meaning of the past. Archaeologist have developed methods by which they discover, recover, preserve, describe and analyze remains. (b) four goals: i. Organize the distribution of remains in time and space. ii. Function: purpose of objects, determined from an analysis of objects and interrelationships among different pieces. Determines how and why ancient cultures changed over time. iv. Meaning: understanding past societies within their own cultural contexts. Determines the attitudes and beliefs of ancient peoples and to learn things from the past that may be of use in the present. Anthropology: (a) comprehensive science of humankind; study of human beings both as biological organisms and as culture bearing creatures. i. diachronic: stresses development through time ii.
