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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segmentary societies
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relatively small and autonomous groups usually of agriculturalists who regulate their own affairs in some cases they may join together with other comparable to form a larger ethnic unit
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selective pressure
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placed by a agent upon certain individuals within the population that results in change of allele frequencies next generation
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self-organization
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the product of a theory derived from thermodynamics which demonstrates that order can arise spontaneously when systems are pushed far an equilibrium state The emergence new structure arises at bifurcation points or thresholds (cf. catastrophe theory).
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self-reducing tacheometer
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a major surveying instrument transit or alidade which allows the direct read-out of true vertical and horizontal distances within eye-piece without use trigonometric formulae tables
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sensory oriented
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to touch taste sound sight hearing heart
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seriation
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a relative dating technique based on the chronological ordering of a group of artifacts or assemblages, where the most similar are placed adjacent to each other in the series. Two types of seriation can be recognized, frequency seriation and contextual seriation.
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serrated
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notched or toothed may refer to the edge of a tool
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Serrations
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Consecutive small teeth or barbs on the edge of a blade formed by removing pressure flakes Biface serrations have removed from both sides while uniface only one face an edge
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settlement pattern
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the spatial distribution of cultural activities across a landscape at given moment in time
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Severus, Septimus
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Ancient Roman ruler who rebuilt the city of Lepcis Magna
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