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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DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
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the material which carries hereditary instructions quot blueprint determine formation of all living organisms Genes organizers inheritance are composed
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double crib
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Two rooms or chambers connected by a single roof to form barn used for storage of grains stabling animals
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dowsing
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the supposed location of subsurface features by employing a twig copper rod pendulum or other instrument discontinuous movements in these instruments are believed some to record existence buried
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Drift
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A tool or implement usually made of antler which is used in the indirect percussion flaking process
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driftless area
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parts of NE Iowa SE Minnesota and SW Wisconsin that weren't affected by the most recent ice age
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drill
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a tool used for perforating wood bone and soft stone An oblong made of flaked in drilling holes leather or hides Oftentimes drills were from well projectile points which near end life thus many maintain the stem hafting area original point type
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drinking tube
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a length of hollow bird-bone used in aboriginal ceremonial situations for liquids
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drive-lanes
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aboriginal fences of rock piles or brush used to direct game-animals towards a trap
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drumlin
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a streamlined hill or mound formed by moving glacier with the quot tail in direction of ice-flow
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