distinguish between archaeology and literary sources
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Literary sources refers to printed sources: books, plays, poems, etc.Archaeological sources refer to artifacts associated witharchaeological excavations: ex., jewelery, pottery, artifacts, coins, sculptures, tombs, etc.
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People are part of the environment and they affect the environment anywhere they live. When people occupy an area, they leave behind lots of trash, discarded food, tools, and articles of everyday life. They kill and raise animals, grow plants, build houses, manufacture tools, make hearths and fire pits. An artifact is an object made by humans or modified by humans. Many of these artifacts and disturbances are left in the ground and some of them can be preserved for very longs times, depending on the ground conditions in which they were deposited. These are the things archaeologists look for — evidence of past human occupation, by examining artifacts, the soil in which they were deposited. Archaeologists also look for indications of housing, settlement patterns and migration.
There are different types of archaeology. Prehistoric archaeology, historic archaeology, biblical archaeology, classical archaeology, egyptology, nautical archaeology, aviation archaeology and even garbage archaeology.
Archaeologists today have the benefit of amazing new technologies that can extract much more information about past human lives than ever before. Radiocarbon dating can determine the age of organic materials as old as about 55,000 years ago. Environmental archaeologists can examine soils, which contain pollen and phytoliths, which are particles of silica in plant tissues that are unique to every plant. Pollen grains and phytoliths survive in the soil long after the plants die. Using microscopic analysis, an archaeologist can determine what kinds of plants were living at an archaeological site thousands of years ago, what season of the year people occupied it and what they were growing and eating.
When bones and teeth are present at an ancient burial Archaeologists can determine where the humans who belonged to them grew up, what kind of diet they lived on by examining the traces of minerals left in the bones that are unique to a particular area. If any DNA survives in the sample the ethnic origin of the individual can be determined,
Stone artifacts are important diagnostic indications for prehistoric archaeologists because in many places the stone tools are all that survive i the ground. I used to have a T-shirt that read “Love is fleeting, but stone tools last forever.” When a stone tool is used for a particular activity it leaves t races of that activity on the surfaces of the tool. The technique of microwear analysis can tell whether a stone tool was used to carve wood, to cut meat or plants. Sometimes it can even be used to determine whether the tool user was right handed or left handed.
This is how archaeologists, guided by the disciplines of scientific methodology, can find out where people lived, how long ago they lived there and what they were doing when they lived there.
Archaeologists report their findings in peer-reviewed reports of their excavations, surveys and laboratory results. Other archaeologists use this information to compare findings and stay informed about new discoveries and methodologies. These are archaeological sources.
Literary sources are written materials such as may be found in libraries, articles of history, biographies, personal collections, diaries of explorers, accounts of battles, inscriptions on monuments, etc. Literary sources are frequently used to provide information to support or back up archaeological data. This is especially true of historical archaeology, where royal lineages, plans of fortifications and cathedrals, deed records and family histories are important. Maritime archaeologists rely on shipbuilding plans, lists of cargoes, crew records and ports of call to decipher the confusing jumble of a shipwreck.
But literary sources may not exist for prehistoric or pre-literate peoples.
That’s where archaeology takes over.
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There are different types of archaeology. Prehistoric archaeology, historic archaeology, biblical archaeology, classical archaeology, egyptology, nautical archaeology, aviation archaeology and even garbage archaeology.
Archaeologists today have the benefit of amazing new technologies that can extract much more information about past human lives than ever before. Radiocarbon dating can determine the age of organic materials as old as about 55,000 years ago. Environmental archaeologists can examine soils, which contain pollen and phytoliths, which are particles of silica in plant tissues that are unique to every plant. Pollen grains and phytoliths survive in the soil long after the plants die. Using microscopic analysis, an archaeologist can determine what kinds of plants were living at an archaeological site thousands of years ago, what season of the year people occupied it and what they were growing and eating.
When bones and teeth are present at an ancient burial Archaeologists can determine where the humans who belonged to them grew up, what kind of diet they lived on by examining the traces of minerals left in the bones that are unique to a particular area. If any DNA survives in the sample the ethnic origin of the individual can be determined,
Stone artifacts are important diagnostic indications for prehistoric archaeologists because in many places the stone tools are all that survive i the ground. I used to have a T-shirt that read “Love is fleeting, but stone tools last forever.” When a stone tool is used for a particular activity it leaves t races of that activity on the surfaces of the tool. The technique of microwear analysis can tell whether a stone tool was used to carve wood, to cut meat or plants. Sometimes it can even be used to determine whether the tool user was right handed or left handed.
This is how archaeologists, guided by the disciplines of scientific methodology, can find out where people lived, how long ago they lived there and what they were doing when they lived there.
Archaeologists report their findings in peer-reviewed reports of their excavations, surveys and laboratory results. Other archaeologists use this information to compare findings and stay informed about new discoveries and methodologies. These are archaeological sources.
Literary sources are written materials such as may be found in libraries, articles of history, biographies, personal collections, diaries of explorers, accounts of battles, inscriptions on monuments, etc. Literary sources are frequently used to provide information to support or back up archaeological data. This is especially true of historical archaeology, where royal lineages, plans of fortifications and cathedrals, deed records and family histories are important. Maritime archaeologists rely on shipbuilding plans, lists of cargoes, crew records and ports of call to decipher the confusing jumble of a shipwreck.
But literary sources may not exist for prehistoric or pre-literate peoples.
That’s where archaeology takes over.
Please mark as brainliest!
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