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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cultural diffusion
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the spreading of a trait e g material object idea or behavior pattern from one society to another
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cultural drift
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Cultural change that is due to the improper passing on of information from people in one region those another Results eventual creation a new culture
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cultural group
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a complex of regularly occurring associated artifacts features burial types and house forms comprising distinct identity
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cultural materialism
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the theory espoused by Marvin Harris that ideas values and religious beliefs are means or products of adaptation to environmental conditions quot material constraints
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cultural relativism
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the ability to view beliefs and customs of other peoples within context their culture rather than one's own
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cultural resource management
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A branch of archaeology that is concerned with developing policies and action in regard to the preservation use resources
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cultural resources
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Sites structures landscapes and objects of some importance to a culture or community for scientific traditional religious other reasons
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culture
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Common beliefs and practices of a group people The integrated pattern human knowledge belief behavior that depends upon man's capacity for learning transmitting to succeeding generations
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culture history
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the identification and classification of cultural change through time A primary aspect archaeological interpretation concerned with establishing chronological context items complexes
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culture sequence
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the chronological succession of cultural traits phases or traditions in a local area
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