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General archaeology

Terms and definitions of archaeology -- the study of human society through the analysis of artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes.

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General archaeology

paleoethnobotany

Archaeology; General archaeology

The recovery and identification of plant remains from archaeological contexts, important in the reconstruction of past environments and economies.

bone industry

Archaeology; General archaeology

All the bone artifacts from a particular site.

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 societies to form a larger ...

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.

back-filling

Archaeology; General archaeology

The process of refilling a completed excavation.

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 fabrics).

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