Archaeology Glossary Terms
Archaeology »Glossary terms b - B
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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bison jump
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a specialized animal trap used on the Plains involving driving or buffalo over natural cliff embankment
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bivalve
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A mollusk having two shells hinged together as the oyster clam or mussel any animal with halves to its shell such an ostracode brachiopod
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blade
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a long slender prismatic flake manufactured by indirect percussion or pressure from prepared core See macroand microAt least twice as it is wide Overall this term used to describe knife form However in lithic projectile terms the distal above hafting gripping area portion of ax other similar tool Blade also refer large bifaced flaked artifacts
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blank
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an quot advanced Preliminary stage in the manufacture of artifact also preform
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Blowout
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A patch of land in the Great Plains states North America where dry soil is blown away by wind leaving heavier rock and possibly artifacts on surface
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Blunt
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A point that abruptly terminates part way up the blade with no true distal for piercing Typically is chipped in a mild excurvate or straight edge Some feel may have been used hunting as quot stunning weapon However most blunts show signs being conserved former projectile reworked into hand held hafted scraper
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Boatstone
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A stone artifact shaped like a watercraft which is thought to be type of Atlatl weight or ceremonial ornament some
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body sherd
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any fragment of a ceramic vessel not identifiable as rim
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bone breccia
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cave fill that consists of masses cemented together with calcium carbonate has dissolved out limestone
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bone hammer
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a that is used as in the removal of flakes from core manufacturing stone tools
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