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18 Cards in this Set
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artifacts
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objects used, modified or made by people
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ecofacts
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organic/environmental remains
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skeletons
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bones and other human remains
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surveying
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reconnaissance with the goal of identifiying the location of remains
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archaeology
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the scientific study of past people and culture through material means mainly through excavation and investigation
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culture
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sets of learned behaviors and ideas that human beings acquire as members of society
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holism
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approach to studying the total human experience
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excavation
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to understand human behavior at particular points in time, changes
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stratigraphy
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a site's physical structure produced by the deposition of geological and/or cultural sediments into layers
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anthropology
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study of humans at ALL times and in ALL places,
subfields: biological, cultural, linguistics |
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sites
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spatial clusters of artifacts, features, ecofacts and human remains (indicative of significant human activity)
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archaeological culture
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material expression of a culture
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site formation process
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how finds are deposited and what happens to them after they are deposited
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science
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set of principles/procedures for the systematic development of theory
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hypothesis
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proposed explanation of natural phenomena
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theory
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body of principles designed to explain a large set of factual patterns
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cultural historical approach
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focus on developing cultural histories for specific cultures
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ecological approach
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cultural interaction with their environment (settlement patterns, adaptation to changes)
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