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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bone industry
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All the artifacts from a particular site
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bony fishes
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Fish of the class Osteichthyes characterized by a skeleton composed bone in addition to cartilage gill covers and an air bladder
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boreal forest
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quot subarctic A dense mixed dominated by spruce aspen and birch with areas of muskeg It extends as far north the tree-line edge tundra is largest single vegetation zone in Canada
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bosing or bowsing
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a subsurface detection method performed by striking the ground with heavy wooden mallet lead-filled container on long handle
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botanist
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A person who pursues the scientific study of structure growth and identification plants
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boulder arrangement
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also mosaic petroform surface boulders aboriginally arranged into geometric zoomorphic or anthropomorphic patterns
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brain endocasts
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these are made by pouring latex rubber into a skull as to produce an accurate image of the inner surface cranium This method gives estimate cranial capacity and has been used on early hominid skulls
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break-in-slope
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any abrupt change in the gradient of a topographic surface such as edge cliff terrace scarp etc
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breaking chain
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the process of obtaining horizontal distances over sloping terrain with a surveyor's by measuring stepped level intervals up slope
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brunton compass
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a sophisticated magnetic used as basic surveying instrument Also known the quot Brunton Pocket Transit
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