ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Processual Archaeology, Palynology, Relative Dating
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The study of material remains in order to describe and explain human behavior (haviland et al. , 2009:11) 4. interpretation of cognitive and symbolic behaviors of the past. 1. you must recognize things as items used by humans; items that functioned within a cultural system. 2. you must interpret how the items were used or how they functioned in a cultural system. 3. you must integrate each symbol in its proper system and environment. Context is important: primary or secondary. Typology (type) a categorization of artifacts to answer specific questions about a culture. Items that become associated with a site through natural processes (give environmental information) Things that cannot be taken back to a lab for analysis they are part of the earth. A spatially distinct place that exhibits evidence of human activity. Fundamental unit of analysis for an archeologist. May be occupied over a period of time.
