Anthropology 2229F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Cryoturbation, Folsom Site, Lovelock Cave
26 Jan 2018
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Anthro 2229 chapter 4 textbook notes on why. Archaeologists dig square holes how fieldwork is done. Once a site has been excavated it can"t be excavated again so archaeologists make sure to be very detailed and take lots of notes. An artifact"s provenience aka the location within a site is the most important thing about that artifact. Some say even more important than artifact itself. The black cowboy george mcjunkin discovered the folsom site during a ood in new. In situ means in place where it was found. The folsom site was later examined by jesse figgins. This site proved that a spear executed an ancient bison meaning that humans were around during the end of the pleistocene era which was a big question at the time. What you hear most often on an archaeological site is show me exactly where that came from . Examples of artifacts that have been preserved:
