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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Elliptical
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A description of a projectile's cross section which looks like an ellipse having two convex faces taper near the blade edges
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empathetic method
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the use of personal intuition in German Einfuhlung to seek understand inner lives other people using assumption that there is a common structure human experience The study humans provides handle for interpreting prehistory and history made by idealist thinkers such as B Croce R G Collingwood members postprocessual school thought
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empirical
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received through the senses sight touch smell hearing taste either directly or extensions
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empiricism
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reliance on observable and quantifiable data
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emprassario system
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A land grant in the early Republic of Texas which four contracts were made to designate colonies and bring immigrants frontier Contractors receive sections for each colonists introduced up half colonists' grants Colonists similar amount requirements fourth class headrights a status issued those who arrived between January with requirement placing acres into cultivation The Peters' Colony Fisher Miller's Mercer's Castro's
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emulation
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one of the most frequent features accompanying competition where customs buildings and artifacts in society may be adopted by neighboring ones through a process imitation which is often competitive nature
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end scraper
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A stone tool formed by chipping the of a flake which can then be used to scrape animal hides and wood
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engineer's level
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an optical surveying instrument designed to obtain accurate lines of sight and turn
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Engraving
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The scratched lines into the surface of an objecti.e.pottery slate shell metal
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environmental archaeology
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a field in which inter-disciplinary research involving archaeologists and natural scientists is directed at the reconstruction of human use plants animals how past societies adapted to changing conditions
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