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Main course themes Answer: 1. Archaeology is the study of humans through their material remains
2. Archaeology has given people unique knowledge and access to "deep time" related to human history
& prehistory
3. The archaeological record is fragile and should be preserved and studied by conscientious
archaeologists
Principle of Uniformitarianism Answer: If something from the present (shape of an arrowhead, how
flakes are struck from a core, how ppl behave in certain situations) can be compared to something
similar from the past, then an analogy can be made between the present and the past. This is how we
can reconstruct past human behavior even if we can't directly observe it.
Ethnoarchaeology Answer: studying living people & applying it to archaeology
Experimental Archaeology Answer: type of archaeology in which you recreate and/or use artifacts,
features, etc using only native techniques and materials
Nabonidus Answer: Credited as being the 1st archaeologist, excavated old temples to learn more
about past civilizations
Binford Answer: father of new archaeology, started ethnoarchaeology. sought to explain rather
than describe. Like W.W. Taylor, but came later and when he said it, it stuck.
Thomsen Answer: Came up with the 3 age system (stone, bronze/copper, iron)
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, Steno Answer: Came up with the Law of Superposition, in which the oldest layer is on the bottom
and the newest on the top
Speculative-Descriptive Period (ca. 1400-1900) Answer: Period in which people first found out what
prehistoric artifacts were, & started to figure out people had been on the Earth longer than previously
thought
The Moundbuilder Controversy
Who made mounds of dirt discovered in Colonial N. America? People wondered if native americans
made them or other fantasies. Thomas Jefferson excavated the site and ultimately discovered that
native americans did in fact build them . Showed that N. Amers had been there long enough for
significant social change Answer: The Moundbuilder Controversy
Culture-Historical Period (ca. 1900-1960) Answer: Period that studied how prehistoric cultures
differed over space (geographically) and time. (concern with form, space, time). Ppl tried to make sense
of masses of new data by ordering it in time & space. Ultimately established the framework for later
developments
site in N.M. in which "folsom points" (soear points) were found in situ with extinct bison bones. By using
association, could identify how old people have been here in N. America Answer: Folsom Site
Modern Period (post 1960) Answer: Period with a diversity of different approaches, including
Processual & Post-processual archaeology.
Survey Answer: The process of walking the ground to look for archaeological sites and artifacts (new
area)
excavation Answer: the act of actually digging up remains of the past
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