ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Thermoluminescence, Racemization, Fission Track Dating
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The study of material remains in order to describe and explain human behavior (haviland et al. , 2009:11) Differ from biological anthropology: examination of material remains as a reflection of human behaviour. 3 types of material remains: environmental, remains of human activity: eg. pencil cases, human remains themselves: e. g. age, trauma on the body(antemortem, antmortem, postmortem), sex, positioning. Four goals of archaeology: reconstruct human past across time and space, reconstruct human lifeways. * where & when: explain how and why the past occurred, started to examine further and examines deeper in late 60s. Interpretation of cognitive and symbolic behaviors of the past. Can date with absolute date, this was present 200 years ago. This individual is 4000years old vs this individual is older than the other individuals. Redefining archaeological aims: cultural resource management (crm) Artifact related to generations that are still living today. Can claim ownership over the ancestors" remains if excavated.
