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Archaeology
The scientific study of physical remains, whether monuments, artifacts or relics of past human life, cultures or activities.
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amino-acid racemization
Archaeology; General archaeology
A method used in the dating of both human and animal bones. Its special significance is that with a small sample (10g) it can be applied to material up to 100,000 years old or ...
uranium series dating
Archaeology; General archaeology
A dating method based on the radioactive decay of isotopes of uranium. It has proved particularly useful for the period before 50,000 years ago, which lies outside the time range ...
light-table
Archaeology; General archaeology
A glass-topped table illuminated from underneath, used in the laboratory photography of archaeological specimens.
ethnology
Archaeology; General archaeology
A subset of cultural anthropology concerned with the comparative study of contemporary cultures, with a view to deriving general principles about human society.
early man
Archaeology; General archaeology
In the New World this term refers to the oldest known human occupants - i.e. prior to ca. 8,000 B. P.
sociolinguistics
Archaeology; General archaeology
A branch of anthropological linguistics that studies how language and culture are related and how language is used in different social contexts.
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- Archaeobotany (69)
- Archaeology tools (308)
- Artifacts (109)
- Dig sites (82)
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- General archaeology (5791)
- Human evolution (26719)
- Palaeoethnobotany (26)
- Zooarchaeology (28)