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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A cultural period of the North American Aborigine Indians dating from to B P
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historic period
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the time after European contact or beginning of written recording
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Historic Sites Act of 1935
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Public Law - Statute enabling the authorized expenditure funds for archaeological studies on major land modification projects
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historical archaeology
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the archaeological study of historically documented cultures In North America research is directed at colonial and post-colonial settlement analogous to medieval post-medieval in Europe
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historical particularism
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a detailed descriptive approach to anthropology associated with Franz Boas and his students designed as an alternative the broad generalizing favored by anthropologists such Morgan Tylor
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historiographic approach
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a form of explanation based primarily on traditional descriptive historical frameworks
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hoards
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deliberately buried groups of valuables or prized possessions often in times conflict war and which for one reason another have not been reclaimed Metal are a primary source evidence the European Bronze Age
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holism
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the philosophical view that no complex entity can be considered to only sum of its parts as a principle anthropology assumption any given aspect human life is studied with an eye relation other aspects
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holocene
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An epoch of the Quaternary period spanning time from end Pleistocene years ago to present It is named after Greek words quot holos entire and ceno new
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Holotype
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Among the primary types a holotype is original specimen selected as type and from which description for or illustration photograph was made
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