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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pseudo-archaeology
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the use of selective archaeological evidence to promulgate nonscientific fictional accounts past
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psoralea ssp
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The prairie turnip as it is commonly referred to actually several species of plants which grow underground tubers Only one was recorded having been used by Plains Indians and only recently has any archaeological evidence for the use this plant recovered
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public archaeology
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A branch of modern that focuses on increasing awareness and education about promotes legislative attempts to provide funding protection for archaeological sites
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punctates
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Impressions in the surface of ceramic vessels made by implements or fingernails as a form decoration
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punctuated equilibria
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principal feature of the evolutionary theory propounded by Niles Eldredge and Stephen J Gould in which species change is represented as a form Darwinian gradualism "periods rapid
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pyramid
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Structure built by the ancient Egyptians as tombs and Americans temples
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pyrotechnology
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the intentional use and control of fire by humans
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Sir Flinders Petrie
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An innovative egyptologist (a scholor of ancient Egypt) who developed the fundamental technique Type Seriation while undertaking study large series gravelots
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