Tutorial 1 - ANTH106 What do Archaeologists do? Familiarise yourself with the course outline, with the Lecture 1 material (lecture notes and readings) and prepare notes (1 page) in preparation for a discussion on 'what archaeologists do and don't do' What is archaeology? -It can be defined as the study of the human past from material that remains. -Must be material based and studying the material of the past. what type of work archeologists do? -Human past - archeologists can look into the biological evolution, cognitive changes, subsistence economics, technology, Ritual and region, religion belief, socio political structure and trade and exchange. -Materials - it could be sites= where there are environmental remains. Artifacts= Any object made or used by modified humans -Archeologists analyze different artifacts and sites, look at changes in recourse use as people over exploit the environment over time -Data gathering, recovering -Analyzing data -Reporting -Can be looking it paleolithic archeologically (old stone) -Can investigate the classical era -Maritime archeology - underwater arachnology -Lots of different time frames -Rock art, zoo, botany, writing and discipline. Where do we work? -Can work anywhere is any country, land scape and materialistic items. -Can work min many departments both humanities and science. -Work in historical sites, colleges and universities, field archeologists, lab work -Archaeologists spend most must of their time in lab looking at artifacts and data to help answer their research questions. -Was traditionally field based but also so work in the lab -Gathering data - find sites, record location, and record descriptive information about the sites.