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18 Cards in this Set
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environmental archaeology
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reconstruction of human use of plants and animals and how societies adapted to changing environments
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isostatic uplift
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land moves up when ice melts and weighs less
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tectonic movements
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movement of the plates on earth
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geomorphology
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study of form and development of landscape
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soil micromorphology
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use of microscopic technique to study nature and organization of the components of soil
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primary cultural deposits
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direct result of human presence
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secondary cultural deposits
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undergone modification, must be done by humans
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tertiary cultural deposits
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placed in primary, moved completely to a diff. place
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pollen zones
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different plant communities
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microfauna
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the remains of small animals
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macrofauna
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the remains of larger animals
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coprolites
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fossilized feces
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SET analysis
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site exploitation territory;
figuring out the maximum amount of area humans have exploited |
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pollen analysis
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used to understand deforestation
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subsistence
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means of survival
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meal
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what a person ate at a specific point in time
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diet
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pattern of consumption over a long period of time
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external evidence
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anything that is not an artifact
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