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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site
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a distinct spatial clustering of artifacts, features, structures, and organic and environmental remains. as the residue of human activity.
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Site steward
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a volunteer who visits site and helps protect it form vandalism looting
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site survey
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a non-intrusive method of observing a site without excavation. There are many types of surveys, including pedestrian walkovers, controlled collection, and a number of remote sensing procedures such as resistivity, magnetic, radar, side-scan sonar, and metal detection surveys. These surveys allow archaeologists to "see" a buried site or feature without disturbing the ground and guide any needed follow-up investigations such as test excavations, block excavations, and other kinds of data retrieval
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skull deformation
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the artificial distortion of cranial bones during growth practiced by some aboriginal cultures
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slag
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the material residue of smelting processes from metalworking. Analysis is often necessary to distinguish slags derived from copper smelting from those produced in iron production. Crucible slags (from the casting process) may be distinguished from smelting slags by their high concentration of copper.
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Slip
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A fine clay wash applied to the exterior of a dried unfired pottery vessel for purposes giving finished certain color as well decreasing permeability pot
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slope distance
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in mapping the inclined as opposed to true horizontal or vertical between points
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Smoothing
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An edge that has been worn smooth and rounded from use in scraping or drilling
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Smudged
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Pottery which has been exposed to a smoke during firing generate black surface features
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Snapped Base
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A term used to describe points that have a part of the base intentionally removed or fractured off as intentional design by original knapper
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