[ANTH 120] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 17 pages long Study Guide!
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Science is a set of techniques that allows you to understand what you see in the material world. Archaeology- the study of ancient times: types: Prehistoric- time, culture, human behavior (before written document) Historic- changes because it is written (filled with lies) Example: every king stating that they were the best kings alive. Often lead to holes in documentation because not everyone was included. Ex: the slaves hid their artifacts under the floor boards in their homes and they were not discovered until later. People arrived during the ice age= melting glaciers making the sea level change and flood plains develop: sub-areas: Archeology is a set of approaches, techniques, and methods: focused on material culture, focused on the past, objective: understanding the past. What you think and what you see. (science) Form to process: going from what you see to understanding what you see (making inferences, educated story making, objects, artifacts, and their relationships, form explains culture.
