Assignment task:
Watch this video (7 min) about Taphonomy. (OPTIONAL: Read 'What Taphonomy Is, What it Isn't, and Why Taphonomists Should Care about the Difference" by Lee Lyman (2010). Address the following two questions:
Q1. How does taphonomy help solve one of archaeologists biggest problems? Use two examples from the video about how taphonomy can explain the process of material change over time.
Q2. In what ways is the interpretation of the findings of taphonomy controversial? Explain how middle-range theory can help reconstruct the behavior of past peoples that produced the archaeological material.