Intro To Archaeology

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Techna → to weave, fabricate (to create)
Complex → system that has components that don't depend on each other (i.e. road traffic)
Complicated → needs all pieces to do their part (i.e. space shuttle)
Assemblage Theory: amercement; things come together.
Meaning depends on context; both internal, external in time, external in space, nothing is meaningful on its own
Perspectivism: the way we record information matters
We mirror ‘Natural Breakages’, many ways to make the decisions
These categories emerge from our engagement with the material
A network is a present when there is a relationship between two entities in which info flows
Networks form a substrate for social life
networks leave physical traces
Networks provide a formal mechanism where computation can happen
Meaning is relational
network is more than just communication, it connects things together through many different ways
What is Space-economy?