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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Rind   The deeply patinated or weathered surface of a nodule other piece stone flint chert material
ritual   behavior that has become highly formalized and stereotyped
road cut   building of a in the area
rock alignment   any artificial arrangement of rocks or boulders into rows other patterns
Rock art   a general term for pecked incised or painted figures on rock
Rock Shelter   A small cave or overhang of rock which afforded some degree protection from the elements either as a permanent camp temporary location activity
rock-art   an inclusive term for petroglyphs and pictographs
rock-shelter   a shallow cave or rock overhang large enough to have allowed human occupancy at some time
Rounded   A term used to describe a basal edge which has rounded stem outline Also point is not sharp or barb types
rudist   An extinct bivalve mollusk from the Jurassic and Cretaceous that had two different sized shaped shells they usually were attached to substrate either solitary or in reeflike masses
 
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