Tafonomide Uniformitarianizm, Middle-Range Teori ve aktüalistik çalışmalar

Year 2023, Issue: 46 - Special Issue for the Centenary of the Turkish Republic & The 60th Year of the Journal, 62 - 66, 29.10.2023

Merve Gümrükçü Uslu

https://doi.org/10.33613/antropolojidergisi.1323613

Abstract

Biyolojik antropolojide geçmişteki statik ve dinamikler arasındaki ilişkiyi nedensellik çerçevesinde anlamak, geçmiş hakkında anlamlı açıklamalar yapmak için oldukça önemlidir. Birçok bilim insanının yaptığı gibi biyolojik antropologlar da geçmişi teoriler ile açıklamaya çalışırlar. Bu çalışmada geçmişi anlamak için üzerinde durulan paradigmalar olarak uniformitarianizmin ve middle-range teorinin biyolojik antropolojideki ve özellikle tafonomideki yerine ve önemine değinilecektir.

Keywords

Tafonomi, middle-range teori, uniformitarianizm, paleontoloji, arkeoloji

Uniformitarianism, Middle-Range Theory and actualistic studies in Taphonomy

Abstract

In biological anthropology, it is crucial to understand the relationship between the static and dynamics of the past within the framework of causality in order to make meaningful explanations about the past. Like many other scientists, biological anthropologists try to explain the past with theories. In this study, the place and importance of uniformitarianism and middle-range theory in biological anthropology and especially in taphonomy will be discussed as paradigms emphasized to understand the past.

Keywords

Taphonomy, middle-range theory, uniformitarianism, paleontology, archaeology

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