Artifacts
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"...in modern times we have archives; we have libraries and computers that have all this information. You move back in time, and you find your historians using letters and journals and photographs, and of course, we can go back further and further to find human artifacts all over the world – from human remains to tools and weapons; religious artifacts; fertility goddesses; and so on..."
Key Terms
- Opaque Documents
- Preservation
- Homeostasis
- Destruction
- "Ways of Knowing"
Guided Viewing Questions
- How do archeologists and historical anthropologists study the past? What sources do they use? How do they determine the purpose, context, and significance of the artifacts they uncover?
- What factors help account for the preservation of some artifacts? What about the destruction of others?
- How does the historical record shape our "ways of knowing" about the past?