11 Environment and Subsistence
- When archaeologists are looking for clues about past environments a) what are their two primary sources of evidence? b) Describe why these two sources are so important.
- What are isotopes and how/why do archaeologists use them to study past environments?
- Animal remains are often preserved in archaeological sites. What question must an archaeologist ask first when encountering animal remains?
- Explain the basic methods used to discovering sex, age, and season of death in animal remains.
- Plant remains can tell us a lot about past diets and environments so identifying plant remains found at archaeological sites is essential. There are two types of botanical remains: microbotantical and macrobotanical. Within these two broader categories, list three main types of plant evidence you learned about in lecture in the table below.
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