Being Human Q-What are the goals of Archaeology

Question 0

Goals of Archaeology: Reconstruct the changes in a culture over time and explain both how and why this change occured

Answer 0

Concerned with the way in which culture has developed and evolved through time.

Question 1

Goals of Archaeology: To reconstruct past ways of life

Answer 1

Almost like an ethnography on material remains, as there are no informants to help you.

• The archaeologist sets out to reconstruct every aspect of life, from social structure to diet.
• The archaeologist looks into a culture as it existed at a defined moment of time in the past

Question 2

Goals of Archaeology: Find out why societies change and what drives that change

Answer 2

Most importantly, are there any universals when it comes to human societies?
Do things universally happen the same ways?
Are there trends towards certain social and political structures, agriculture methods?