ANP 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Yareta, Pseudomorph, Moai
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Taphonomy - the laws of burial the study of how human and natural processes contribute to the formation of arch sites. [could a natural process create a pattern that srch think is archcal?] Use of local resinous cushion plants as fuel. Llareta ash oxalate pseudomorphs w/ very distinct round crystal form, from terminal pleistocene deposits. Ethnoarchaeology - study of contemporary peoples to learn how human behavior forms. Experimental arch - experiments to recreate ancient behavior and to generate material the arch record cltr. Experimental arch shows us what is possible - not what actually happened! 1000 statues carved at a hill, then taken to ceremonial platforms.
