Archaeology Glossary Terms
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Archaeology glossary is a comprehensive guide which provides meanings of popular terminology used in archaeology. It is particularly a valuable source for the people who term themselves as beginners in the field of archaeology.
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ice cores
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borings taken from the Arctic and Antarctic polar caps containing layers of compacted useful for reconstruction paleoenvironments as a method absolute dating
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ice-wedge
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a vertical wedge-shaped vein of ground ice found in permafrost areas causes quot polygonal see periglacial phenomena and may result severe disturbance archaeological sites
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iconography
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an important component of cognitive archaeology this involves the study artistic representations which usually have overt religious or ceremonial significance e.g. individual deities may be distinguished each with a special characteristic such as corn god sun goddess etc
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idealist explanation
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a form of that lays great stress on the search for insights into historical circumstances leading up to event under study in terms primarily ideas and motives individuals involved
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Impact Fracture
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see Fracture, Impact
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in situ
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archaeological items are said to be quot when they found the location where were last deposited In Place
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incised
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A decoration found on pottery consisting of lines drawn into wet clay When fired the arrangement leaves a permanent design vessel surface
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inclined sights
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in mapping a vertically angled line of sight
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inclusion
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an intentional cultural association such as grave-goods with a burial A foreign solid which is enclosed in the mass of otherwise homogeneous mineral or material
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increment borer
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a hand-operated coring device for obtaining tree-ring samples
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