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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Wisconsin(an) glaciation
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the latest major episode of glacial advance in Pleistocene North America from about 70,000 to 10,000 B.P.
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weathering
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the natural chemical or physical alteration of an object deposit through time
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weathering zone
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in pedology the depth to which soil processes are operational
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weir
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an aboriginal fish-trap based on a fence or barrier of stakes rocks built across stream
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welded tuff
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a rock formed of consolidated pumice or volcanic ash Occasionally used as raw material for lithic artifacts
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Wheeler box-grid
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an excavation technique developed by Mortimer from the work of Pitt-Rivers involving retaining intact baulks earth between grid squares so that different layers can be correlated across site in vertical profiles
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Woodland
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A cultural period of the Eastern North American Aborigine Indians dating from 3,000 - 1,300 B.P. Usually presence pottery differentiates culture Archaic which preceded it
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woodland culture
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of prehistoric Native Americans in northeast Iowa
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Worked
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A term used in projectile point descriptions which describes an area of artifact that has been shaped or altered by man such as the removal flakes along a blade edge
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working period farm
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A term usually associated with a museum exhibit in which full scale has been restored or reconstructed to depict the former lifeways tools and technologies of particular periods
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