Anthro269 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

ArchaeologyA discipline that uses the material traces of human activity to reconstruct past events, cultures, and social practices Archeological thought order1. The material traces that preserve 2. The material practices that produced these traces 3. The broader social and cultural context that gave these practices meaning and purpose Archaeological surveythe process of locating clues that might be indicative if the presence of archaeological material culture, Certain signs show that an ...

casa grandelocated in arizona, best account of sonovan desert farming — well perserved chaco canyonincluded a pueblo of six hundred interconnected rooms — found in NM mesa verdelarge cliff dwelling in Colorado,holds several thousand people,dwellings were easy to defend,offered protection-provided a safe place for Anasazi snaketownthis community is now northwest Mexico where the Hohokam lived cahokiaan ancient settlement of southern Indians, located near present day St. Louis, it se...