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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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paleoethnobotany
Archaeology; General archaeology
The recovery and identification of plant remains from archaeological contexts, important in the reconstruction of past environments and economies.
segmentary societies
Archaeology; General archaeology
Relatively small and autonomous groups, usually of agriculturalists who regulate their own affairs; in some cases, they may join together with other comparable segmentary ...
storage-pit
Archaeology; General archaeology
Circular excavations usually less than 3 m in diameter assumed to have aboriginally functioned as storage "cellars".
settlement pattern
Archaeology; General archaeology
The spatial distribution of cultural activities across a landscape at a given moment in time.
frequency seriation
Archaeology; General archaeology
A relative dating method which relies principally on measuring changes in the proportional abundance, or frequency, observed among finds (e.g. counts of tool types, or of ceramic ...
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