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1 Intro To Archaeology - English
1 Intro To Archaeology - English
Arkhaios - ancient Gk
Arkhaiologia ancient history Gk
Just here!
metals
Plant remains
Stone tools
Animal remains
Human remains
shells
Pottery
Rock Art
Subsistence
Economy
Reconstruct past
life ways of man
Technology
Social Organization
Cosmology, Ideology
Araling panlipunan
kasaysayan
kalinangan
Salaysay na may
Saysay sa
Pinagsasalaysayan
Archaeologists ay detectives
White 2008
Field
Palawan (2011)
Lab
Old lithics laboratory
Many ArchaeoLogies
Prehistoric Archaeology
Geoarchaeology
Historic Archaeology
Zooarchaeology
Underwater
Archaeology
Palaeobotany
Human Osteology
Classical Archaeology
Zooarchaeology
Cultural Resource
Management
http://www.nationalmuseum.gov.ph/nationalmuseumbeta/Archaeology/
http://asp.upd.edu.ph/
Under Anthropology
Division, est 1901
Separated from
Anthropology in 1988
Archaeological Assessment (AIA) for each project in strict compliance with the
existing laws on cultural and environmental protection.
Established 1995
oversee and coordinate instructional, research and extension activities
pertaining to the systematic discovery, reclamation, analysis, presentation
and preservation of the material remains of the past culture.
Binalot Talks
Collection holdings
Key Concepts in
Archaeology
Artefact
Ecofact
Geofact
organic and
environmental
remains
Fossil
Preserved remains in a rock or in a
petrified form.
Assemblage
Groups of artefacts
associated within the same
context
Feature
Non-portable artefact; eg.
Posthole, floors, hearths,
ditches, buildings, temples
Site
Distinct spatial cluttering of
artifacts and residue of human
activity (Renfrew and Bahn 2008)
Region
A geographical landscape
composed of several sites
Emil Robles
Courtesy of ASP website
Fundacion Atapuerca
Context
matrix
provenience
association
Stratigraphy
Deposition of strata one
upon the other
To be continued..
Natural Formation
Processes
Anthropic agent
What survives?
Inorganic
materials
what survives?
Stone
Metals
Clay
Organic
materials
Bones
Plants
How to be a fossil?
what survives?
Environment
dry environment
Egyptian
mummies
Photos: bbc.co.uk
Cementerio
de Chauchilla
Photo: es.eikipedia.org
what survives?
Environment
Cold environment
Photo: nbcnews.com
Photos: johnhawks.net
Photos: en.Wikipedia.org
Natural refrigeration
Environment
what survives?
Photo:pogo.lakesideschool.org
Tropical regions
Very destructive
Environment
what survives?
Photo: frontiers-of-anthropology.blogspot.com
Environment
Sea and Saltwater
what survives?
Very destructive
Photo: www.panoramas.dk
Waterlogged env
Favors preservation
what survives?
Disasters
Volcanic eruption
Photo: visualvibez.com
Storms