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assemblage - ANS-a collection of artifacts of one or several classes of materials that
comes from a defined context, such as a site, feature, or stratum
attribute - ANS-an individual characteristic that distinguishes one artifact from another
on the basis of its size, surface texture, form, material, method of manufacture, or
design pattern
bioarchaeology - ANS-the study of the human biological component evident in the
archaeological record
biomass - ANS-A measure of the total dry mass of organisms within a particular region;
how much meat would be provided by the bone assemblage?
bundle burial - ANS-burial of a person's bones, bundled together, after the flesh has
been removed or allowed to decay off the bones
burial population - ANS-a set of human burials that come from a limited region and a
limited time period. the more limited the region and the time period, the more accurate
will be inferences drawn from analysis of the burials
caries - ANS-cavities
classification - ANS-The process of grouping things based on their similarities
coprolite - ANS-Desiccated feces, often containing macrobotanical remains, pollen, and
the remains of small animals.
cranial sutures - ANS-Form where adjacent bones fuse during development.
cribra orbitalia - ANS-A symptom of iron deficiency anemia in which the bone of the
upper eye sockets takes on a spongy appearance.
emic - ANS-describing culture from an insider's perspective
enamel hypoplasias - ANS-horizontal linear defects in tooth enamel indicating episodes
of physiological stress
, epiphyses - ANS-the ends of bones that fuse to the main shaft or portion of bone at
various ages. most bones are fused by age 25; this fact can be used to age skeletons of
younger individuals
etic - ANS-outsider's perspective on behavior
faunal analysis - ANS-identification and interpretation of animal remains from an
archaeological site
faunal assemblage - ANS-the animal remains recovered from an archaeological site
flotation - ANS-The use of fluid suspension to recover tiny burned plant remains and
bone fragments from archaeological sites.
ford-spaulding debate - ANS-Albert Spaulding vs James Ford. Spaulding argued that
types were real phenomena and could be discovered by statistical techniques. Ford
argued that types were arbitrary and were created depending on their research
purpose.
functional type - ANS-A class of artifacts that performed the same function; these may
or may not be temporal and/or morphological types.
gene - ANS-a unit of the chromosomes that controls inheritance if particular traits
historical archaeology - ANS-the study of human behavior through material remains
whose interpretation is in some way affected by written history
kill sites - ANS-places where animals were killed in the past
long bone cross sections - ANS-Cross sections of the body's long bones (arms and
legs) used to analyze bone shape and reconstruct the mechanical stresses placed on
that bone—and hence activity patterns.
macrobotanical remains - ANS-Nonmicroscopic plant remains recovered from an
archaeological site.
microbotanical remains - ANS-microscopic plant remains found at archaeological sites
assemblage - ANS-a collection of artifacts of one or several classes of materials that
comes from a defined context, such as a site, feature, or stratum
attribute - ANS-an individual characteristic that distinguishes one artifact from another
on the basis of its size, surface texture, form, material, method of manufacture, or
design pattern
bioarchaeology - ANS-the study of the human biological component evident in the
archaeological record
biomass - ANS-A measure of the total dry mass of organisms within a particular region;
how much meat would be provided by the bone assemblage?
bundle burial - ANS-burial of a person's bones, bundled together, after the flesh has
been removed or allowed to decay off the bones
burial population - ANS-a set of human burials that come from a limited region and a
limited time period. the more limited the region and the time period, the more accurate
will be inferences drawn from analysis of the burials
caries - ANS-cavities
classification - ANS-The process of grouping things based on their similarities
coprolite - ANS-Desiccated feces, often containing macrobotanical remains, pollen, and
the remains of small animals.
cranial sutures - ANS-Form where adjacent bones fuse during development.
cribra orbitalia - ANS-A symptom of iron deficiency anemia in which the bone of the
upper eye sockets takes on a spongy appearance.
emic - ANS-describing culture from an insider's perspective
enamel hypoplasias - ANS-horizontal linear defects in tooth enamel indicating episodes
of physiological stress
, epiphyses - ANS-the ends of bones that fuse to the main shaft or portion of bone at
various ages. most bones are fused by age 25; this fact can be used to age skeletons of
younger individuals
etic - ANS-outsider's perspective on behavior
faunal analysis - ANS-identification and interpretation of animal remains from an
archaeological site
faunal assemblage - ANS-the animal remains recovered from an archaeological site
flotation - ANS-The use of fluid suspension to recover tiny burned plant remains and
bone fragments from archaeological sites.
ford-spaulding debate - ANS-Albert Spaulding vs James Ford. Spaulding argued that
types were real phenomena and could be discovered by statistical techniques. Ford
argued that types were arbitrary and were created depending on their research
purpose.
functional type - ANS-A class of artifacts that performed the same function; these may
or may not be temporal and/or morphological types.
gene - ANS-a unit of the chromosomes that controls inheritance if particular traits
historical archaeology - ANS-the study of human behavior through material remains
whose interpretation is in some way affected by written history
kill sites - ANS-places where animals were killed in the past
long bone cross sections - ANS-Cross sections of the body's long bones (arms and
legs) used to analyze bone shape and reconstruct the mechanical stresses placed on
that bone—and hence activity patterns.
macrobotanical remains - ANS-Nonmicroscopic plant remains recovered from an
archaeological site.
microbotanical remains - ANS-microscopic plant remains found at archaeological sites
