係一直好多人request有關考古學嘅post呀😆 好開心今次可以同港大嘅考古團隊 @apsap.armenia 合作,為大家分享吓有關呢個project、HKU考古課程同埋考古in general嘅一啲有用資訊畀大家🔥 以下係佢哋少少嘅自我介紹:
我地係香港大學一個新嘅考古團隊 (包括教授同學生),歡迎各位加入我地成為下一批學生,或者以義工方式加入。我地嘅研究方向比較廣闊,焦點主要係古代亞洲幾個地點,由西南亞(即古代近東/ 米索不達美亞) 到東南亞 (寮國, 泰國) 到東亞地區。暑假嘅時候,我地會喺南高加索地區(亞洲西南方向)進行考古發掘,而且我地都喺香港大學開展咗幾個新嘅考古course。呢個post有我地幾位隊員分別解答咗各位嘅問題,歡迎再同我地了解更多㗎,我地好樂意認識新嘅朋友仔!
考古學係啲咩?同歷史學/人類學有咩分別?
What is Archaeology? What’s the difference between Archaeology and History/ Anthropology?
Archaeology studies the human past through physical evidence, namely, material culture, to better understand the life, environment, social activities and ideologies of groups of people who lived long before us. In other words, archaeologists study the things people used in the past and then left behind - pottery bowls, the bones leftover from meals, ruined buildings, metal tools, etc - to understand what their lives were like. On the other hand, history uses written texts to study the past. Anthropology studies human beings from many different perspectives such as behavior, biology, culture and society - in the past and the present.
考古學係通過分析實物遺存嚟研究過去人類嘅生活、所處環境、社會活動仲有意識形態。而歷史學針對歷史文獻的研究嚟了解人類嘅過去。簡單而言,考古學家會研究古代人類使用嘅物品,例如陶碗、飲食留下嘅骨頭、荒廢嘅建築物、金屬工具等,目的為研究佢地嘅生活習慣。人類學既研究人類過去,亦研究人類現在,主要包括人類行為、人類生物學、文化同社會。
考古嘅工作流程通常係點?