In Class Notes Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
Q
What is primatology?
A
Stufdy of Biological/behavioural comparisons (shared traits or traits unique to humans)
2
Q
Different between historic and pre historic archaeology
A
Historic is relaging to the emergance of written records (in last 5000 years)
3
Q
What is pseudopathology?
A
The result of mechanicak forces after being burried (weight of earth, chemical erosion etc)
4
Q
What is palaeodemography?
A
Specializes in large cemetaries.
Study of population dinamics(population growth/fertility/mortality)
5
Q
What is palaeonutrition?
A
Reconstructing past diets
