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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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Datum
Archaeology; General archaeology
A fixed reference point on an archaeological site from which measurements are taken.
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).
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.
Paleoethnobotany
Archaeology; General archaeology
The recovery and identification of plant remains from archaeological contexts, important in the reconstruction of past environments and economies.
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.
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.
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