I have selected and answered seven topic questions required for this paper. First, I discuss the difference between archaeology and pseudoarcheology. Next, I uncover the five forms of archaeological data, and define ethnocentrism. Later, I talk about what cultural resource management means and what it is used for. Then, I used my notes to describe the importance of mapping and data keeping. Following was a list of four subsistence forms and what they are. Lastly, I unravel the cultural evolution theory described in the textbook.
Pseudoarcheology and archeology are tremendously dissimilar. The Greek definition of the prefix pseudo means false or fake, hence pseudoarcheology is a made-up science. Archeologists do their work precise and go to …show more content…
Mapping is valuable because when an artifact is found the area is precisely recorded and anyone can find where this artifact was located. When items there are items found that cannot be obtained like features or ecofacts mapping is useful so anyone can go back to that exact spot and locate where the item is. Also, when similar items are found, like an arrowhead, mapping is important so that scientists have a collection of documentation of where each one was found and this information will help lead to describing the past humans. If the location of where an artifact was found is not documented, it forever loses essential data. If anyone ever comes across an item that appears to be old they should just leave the item there in case it is an …show more content…
Cultural evolution is defined as the theory that societies evolve in similar ways compared to the biological evolution. This theory arrived from Europe and America as both bonded together a broad interpretation of the idea. Cultural Evolution was based on a set of stages of social, economic, and cultural factors. This also leads to the belief that all culture change is progressive from simple to complex. Herbert Spencer, Lewis Henry Morgan, Edward B. Tylor, and others produced the theory of unilinear cultural evolution which compares different societies. The unilinear cultural evolution is described as “A 19th-century version of cultural evolution holding that all human societies change according to a single fixed evolutionary course, passing through the same stages, described as savagery, barbarism, and civilization” according to the textbook. Cultures were ranked from a scale and judged by their development or success. Ethnocentrism corrupted this theory because the scientist focused on how their own culture operated and favored the western ways of life. The unilinear theory is considered the biggest downfall of the 19th-century cultural evolution theory. The multilinear cultural evolution theory does not compare cultures together but instead sees each one pursing and adapting in their own ways. Every society is diverse and now evolutionary
Pseudoarcheology and archeology are tremendously dissimilar. The Greek definition of the prefix pseudo means false or fake, hence pseudoarcheology is a made-up science. Archeologists do their work precise and go to …show more content…
Mapping is valuable because when an artifact is found the area is precisely recorded and anyone can find where this artifact was located. When items there are items found that cannot be obtained like features or ecofacts mapping is useful so anyone can go back to that exact spot and locate where the item is. Also, when similar items are found, like an arrowhead, mapping is important so that scientists have a collection of documentation of where each one was found and this information will help lead to describing the past humans. If the location of where an artifact was found is not documented, it forever loses essential data. If anyone ever comes across an item that appears to be old they should just leave the item there in case it is an …show more content…
Cultural evolution is defined as the theory that societies evolve in similar ways compared to the biological evolution. This theory arrived from Europe and America as both bonded together a broad interpretation of the idea. Cultural Evolution was based on a set of stages of social, economic, and cultural factors. This also leads to the belief that all culture change is progressive from simple to complex. Herbert Spencer, Lewis Henry Morgan, Edward B. Tylor, and others produced the theory of unilinear cultural evolution which compares different societies. The unilinear cultural evolution is described as “A 19th-century version of cultural evolution holding that all human societies change according to a single fixed evolutionary course, passing through the same stages, described as savagery, barbarism, and civilization” according to the textbook. Cultures were ranked from a scale and judged by their development or success. Ethnocentrism corrupted this theory because the scientist focused on how their own culture operated and favored the western ways of life. The unilinear theory is considered the biggest downfall of the 19th-century cultural evolution theory. The multilinear cultural evolution theory does not compare cultures together but instead sees each one pursing and adapting in their own ways. Every society is diverse and now evolutionary