Archaeological studies in rural areas of Harris County present a unique set of challenges for researchers. From the examination of non-perishable tools to the application of Earth science principles, archaeologists must be prepared to face a variety of obstacles when studying these sites. By combining a technology organization approach with a technology anthropology perspective, researchers can gain a better understanding of the activities that occurred at an archaeological site and how gender and population demographics changed over time. The study area is located in western Harris County, on the western end of the. While lithic artifacts rarely survive in the archaeological record, their manufacture can be identified by examining non-perishable tools.
Stratigraphy is an important tool for interpreting what happened at an archaeological site, as it provides insight into the order in which events occurred. However, due to the human element involved in the accumulation of archaeological sites, applying the four main principles of Earth science can be especially difficult. At the Mussel Beach site in Tennessee, researchers used a combination of technology organization and technology anthropology to analyze the set of archaic tools and Woodland scales. By combining the results of their functional analysis with data from faunal and paleobotanical assemblages, they were able to analyze the activities at Mussel Beach from a gender perspective and recognize the production of split cane in the archaeological record. This thesis focuses mainly on the processing of river cane for the production of split cane technology and seeks to understand how activities related to production are manifested in the archaeological record.
By studying these sites, archaeologists can gain a better understanding of how gender and population demographics changed over time and how these changes are reflected in the archaeological record. In order to gain a comprehensive understanding of an archaeological site, researchers must consider both technology organization and technology anthropology perspectives. Technology organization focuses on how artifacts were used and how they were produced. Technology anthropology examines how gender roles and population demographics changed over time. By combining these two perspectives, archaeologists can gain a better understanding of how activities at an archaeological site changed over time. In addition to examining artifacts and stratigraphy, archaeologists must also consider other factors such as climate change, environmental degradation, and human migration patterns.
These factors can have a significant impact on an archaeological site and must be taken into account when interpreting data from an archaeological site. By considering all these factors, archaeologists can gain a better understanding of how activities at an archaeological site changed over time. Archaeological studies in rural areas of Harris County present unique challenges for researchers. By combining technology organization and technology anthropology perspectives with an examination of non-perishable tools and Earth science principles, archaeologists can gain a better understanding of how gender roles and population demographics changed over time at an archaeological site. This knowledge can help researchers gain insight into how activities at an archaeological site changed over time.
