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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observer
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one who observes a spectator takes notice of something
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obsidian
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a volcanic glass whose ease of working and characteristically bard flintlike edges allowed it to be used for the making tools A that may clear black brown or green in color which is one finest raw materials chipping stone
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obsidian hydration dating
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this technique involves the absorption of water on exposed surfaces when local rate is known thickness layer if accurately measured can be used to provide an absolute date
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Obtuse
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A term used to describe a rounded tip or blunt tipped artifact
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ochre
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iron oxide or hematite Color is commonly reddish-brown to yellow Used as a natural pigment
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off-site data
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evidence from a range of -information including scatters artifacts and features such as plowmarks field boundaries that provides important about human exploitation the environment
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Oldowan industry
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the earliest toolkits comprising flake and pebble tools used by hominids in Olduvai Gorge East Africa
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Oligocene
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An epoch of the early Tertiary period spanning time between and million years ago It is named after Greek words oligos little few ceno new
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open pit mine
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a large scale mining operation that removes materials from the surface of site A hole or remains unless land is reshaped
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open-area excavation
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the opening up of large horizontal areas for used especially where single period deposits lie close to surface as example with remains American Indian or European Neolithic long houses
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