Archaeology 1

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anthropology, 5

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to study of people

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archaeological cultures, 19

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models which may or may not represent actual societies.

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archaeological record, 16

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the material remains and patterns of past human activities and behaviors.

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archaeology, 5

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the study of the human past

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artifacts, 16

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tools, ornaments, or other objects manufactured or used by people to accomplish a specific task

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classical archaeology, 13

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archaeology studying the "classic" states that form the roots of western culture, such as greece and rome.

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cultural chronology, 8

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the description and sequences of groups through space and time.

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culture, 6

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a corpus of learned behavior, language, territory, religion, and self identity.

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culture history, 8

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info synthesized into definitions and descriptions of past groups

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data, 21

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empirical and objective scientific facts

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ecofacts, 17

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unmodified nonartifactual remains of biological materials used by, or relating to, people.

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empirical, 20

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science can only consider those objects and patterns that physically exist and can be observed measured and tested.

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features, 17

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nonportable objects used or constructed by people

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historical archaeology, 10

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archaeology of the recent past

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hypothesis, 22

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a specified testable expectation about empirical data that follows from a more general proposition.

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law, 21

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universal generalizations about classes of of facts

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maritime archaeology, 13

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anything related to do with the marine environment

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model, 22

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logically derived interrelated constructs used to estimate reality.

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paradigm, 21

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the philosophical framework of western science that assumes that the universe is real and knowable.

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pleistocene, 10

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geographic time period beginning about 1.9 million years ago and ending with the retreat of the flaciers some 10,000 years ago.

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prehistoric archaeology, 10

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archaeology before written reecords from any time and any place.

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research design, 24

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a statement of the question to be researched, a discussion of what is already known about the question, a detailed description of how to test it, and what data are expected if the question is to be supported.

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scientific method, 22

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data-hypotheses-test-retest-model building-theory

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sites, 17

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specific localities where people lived worked or visited

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theory, 21

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systematic explanation for observations that relate to a particular aspect of the empirical world.