archaeology

Typology correct answersProcess of arranging or ordering objects based on attributes (shared characteristics) - Stylistic attribute form attribute, technological attribute - Most typologies are etic: constructed by archaeologists and don't necessarily match the categories of the people that produced them - Modern understanding and biases - Emic: Categories produced by the producers, very hard to Assemblage correct answersAppearance of a number of categories together in a temporal or spatial context is also known as assemblage When artefacts, ecofacts, and features are all found together - Connection between all of them - Matrix: All the surroundings of your assemblage - Diverse group of artifacts that reflects the shared activity of a community - Found at a single site Subassembleges correct answersPatterned sets of artifacts used by occupational groups (e.g. weapons ,shoes, tools) Why Categorize correct answersTypology allows us to see patterns in data - Form and function - Often no way to know in advance what the significance of any category system might be - No one categorization is necessarily more correct than another - Patterns let us interpret Archaeological Interpretation correct answersMaterial that we work with exists in the present, but what we want from it is the past, archaeological paradox - We need to use analogy Analogy correct answersA form a reason whereby an identity of an unknown thing or relation is inferred from those known - Archaeologist need to use this Bridges the gap between the observed present and interpreted past Specific Analogy correct answersParticular comparisons within a single cultural tradition - Defend use on 3 grounds - Cultural continuity, comparability in environment, and similarity of cultural forms General Analogy correct answers: Broad comparisons that can be documented across cultural traditions Technology correct answersAspect of culture - Looks at environmental impact on culture - Info about how resources are harnessed, and how they give "birth" to certain behaviors Social Systems correct answers: Aspect of culture - Roles, statuses, political system, economic systems - Macro and micro scale - Other social systems? Ideology correct answersMost difficult to access - Beliefs and practices - Symbols and symbolism - How?