General archaeology

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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amino acid dating

Archaeology; General archaeology

Scientific method used by archaeologists to date such animal remains as bones, teeth and shells. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins which assume several structural forms depending on the ...

Amman

Archaeology; General archaeology

Islamic site in the modern capital of Jordanm. It features the Umayyad structures which were built within the walled Roman citadel of the 2nd century AD and reused in the Byzantine period. In the ...

feminist archaeology

Archaeology; General archaeology

Movement in archeology that focuses on the concerns of feminists as they seek to expose and remedy male-bias in archaeological interpretation and education, inequalities in professional employment, ...

fibula

Archaeology; General archaeology

Metal clothes pins that consist of a bow, pin and catch, which were used throughout Europe in the 1st millennium BC. Early forms of fibulae seem to have developed in the late 2nd millennium BC, and ...

Filitosa

Archaeology; General archaeology

Bronze Age site situated on a small hill in the Taravo Valley of southern Corsica. The site consists of a circuit of Cyclopean masonry – built around rocky outcrops – surrounding tower structures of ...

Asturian

Archaeology; General archaeology

Excavated by the Count of Vega del Sella at the cave of El Penicial (Asturias) in 1914, it is an mesolithic stone and bone industry linked to the shell-midden sites or concheros of northern Spain. ...

diffusionism

Archaeology; General archaeology

Tendency to explain cultural change and cultural similarities in terms of the adoption of technologies and stylistic traits from neighboring or trading-partner cultures. Diffusion differs from ...