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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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Dendrochronology
Archaeology; General archaeology
A type of absolute dating. The technique is based on the fact that trees add a ring of growth annually, and counting the rings gives the age of the tree. The rings vary in size ...
Radiocarbon dating
Archaeology; General archaeology
An absolute dating technique used to determine the age of organic materials less than 50,000 years old. Age is determined by examining the loss of the unstable carbon-14 isotpe, ...
Anthropology
Archaeology; General archaeology
The study of human beings, including their behavior, biology, linguistics, and social and cultural variations. In the United States, anthropology is divided into four ...
Moonmilk
Archaeology; General archaeology
Moonmilk - white homogeneous jelly-like mass, of suspension, having accumulated in the form of a thin coating, film, or streaks on the wall and ground of caves. One of the ...
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- Archaeobotany (69)
- Archaeology tools (308)
- Artifacts (109)
- Dig sites (82)
- Evolution (16298)
- General archaeology (5791)
- Human evolution (26719)
- Palaeoethnobotany (26)
- Zooarchaeology (28)