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Zooarchaeology |
A subfield of archaeology concerned with animal remains from archaeological sites; study of human-animal interactions |
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Comparative Collections |
Modern skeletons used to help make identifications |
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Reference volumes |
Photographs and descriptions of bones used to help make identifications |
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Macro Remains |
Fragments of plant materials |
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Micro Remains |
Pollen, Starch, Phytoliths, etc |
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Flotation |
Use of water to separate plant remains from soil matrix |
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Automatic Human Selection |
Human actions that might result in domestication incidentally (i.e. harvesting techniques that only capture a subset of the population) |
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Intentional Human Selection |
Deliberate selection of individuals for propagation/breeding |
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Bioarchaeology |
The study of human remains from archaeological contexts; emphasizes integrative interdisciplinary analysis of links between biology and culture in past societies |
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Osteology |
Study of human bones |
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Cemeteries |
Grouped burial deposition of bodies |
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Secondary Burial |
Reburial/movement of remains for various purposes |
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Continuous (metric) Traits |
Traits that occur over a range or spectrum |
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Discreet (non-metric) Traits |
Traits that are either present or absent |
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Quantitative Traits |
Counts of features, measurements |
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Qualitative Traits |
Relative changes in bone |
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Epiphyseal fusion |
Different times of bone fusion useful for establishing age based on osteological remains |
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Wolf's Law |
Bones in a healthy person or animal will adapt to the loads under which they are placed |
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Cranial Modification |
Changes to made to the shape of the skull |
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Stable Isotope Analysis |
Uses levels of elements present to identify characteristics |
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Taphonomy |
Identifying pre, prei, and post mortem processes |
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Sexual dimorphism |
Differences in skeletons between the sexes |
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Cranial Sutures |
Places where cranial plates fuse together |
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Deciduous Dentition |
Baby teeth |
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Inhumation |
Grave burial |
