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31 Cards in this Set
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4 units of analysis in settlement archaeology
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activity areas, households, settlements/communities, regional settlement patterns
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activity areas give info about...
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...subsistence activities, seasonality, craft specialization
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households give info about...
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degree of sedentism, family social structure, division of labor, religion
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settlements/communities give info about...
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degree of sedentism, socio-political-economic organization, religion, social conflict
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regional settlement patterns give info about...
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population movements, socio-political-economic organization, religion, social conflict
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2 types of trade systems
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direct acquisition, down-the-line trade
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what method is used to trace obsidian?
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energy dispersive x-ray flourescence
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what 2 methods are used to trace ceramics?
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instrumental neutron activation analysis, petrographic analysis
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4 rules for production and use of symbols cover:
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form, placement, when it can be used, meaning
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hopewell interaction sphere
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the common set of symbols in midwestern US between 200 BC and AD 400
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3 types of rock art
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pictographs, lichenographs, petroglyphs
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polysemous
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having multiple meanings
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things that emerged in the upper paleolithic
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wall art, art objects, decorted tools
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when was the magdalenian culture in existence?
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upper paleolithic
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structuralism
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culture is the expression of unconscious thought and reasoning
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totem
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a natural object from which a group believes itself to be descended
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shaman
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one who can contact spirit world
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bridging argumnets
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make if...then statements about hypotheses and expectations
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middle-range theory links ____ to ____
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human behavior, observable data
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middle-range theory is based on
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causal linkages
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heat-treatment
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making tool more hardy by subjecting it to heat
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core
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piece of stone that is worked
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working a stone tool
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knapping
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flutes were found on ___ and ____ projectile points
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folsom, clovis
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channel flake
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flake removed to create flute
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social status was ____ in moundville
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ascribed
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2 axes of social patterning in moundville
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superordinate (hereditary), subordinate (age/sex)
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moundville was a...
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...chiefdom
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at moundville, used ___ and ___ to determine how well elite ate
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faunal remains, bone chemistry
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taphonomy
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how organisms become part of archaeological record
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codices
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mayan texts on long strips of paper
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