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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Striking Platform
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A prepared basal edge of a projectile point This is beveled to degree pitch that will allow drift be set at the proper angle strike off channel flake
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Stromatolites
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A widely distributed sedimentary structure consisting of laminated carbonate or silicate rocks, produced over geologic time by the trapping, binding, or precipitating of sediment by groups of microorganisms, primarily cyanobacteria.
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structural functionalism
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the theory that central function of various aspects a society is to maintain social structure--the society's pattern relations and institutions
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structuralist approaches
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interpretations which stress that human actions ate guided by beliefs and symbolic concepts underlying these structures of thought find expression in various forms The proper object study is therefore to uncover the their influence shaping ideas minds actors who created archaeological record
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style
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A convention of design involving culturally agreed upon associations of geometric form and decoration elements frequently assigned semantic content.
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sub-bottom profiler
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see underwater reconnaissance
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subsistence economy
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the means by which a group obtains food and shelter necessary to support life
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subsistence pattern
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the basic means by which a human group extracted and utilized energy from its environment
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subsurface detection
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a collective name lot variety of remote sensing techniques operating at ground level and including hosing or bowsing augering magnetometer radar
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subtropical
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Bordering on the tropics or nearly tropical
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