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| the study of our human past, combining the themes of time and change, using the material remains that have survived |
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| the study of the biological nature of our nearest relatives and ourselves |
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| cultural (social0 anthropology |
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| the study of living poeples with a focus on the shared aspects of the human experience |
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| the study of human languages |
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| anthropological archaeology |
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| Archeological investigations that seek to answer the larger, fundamental questions about humans and human behavior taught in departments of anthropology |
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| the time in the past before written history, often synonymous with archaeology |
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| refers primarily to the archaeology of the civilizations of the recent industrial era, since 1700 or so |
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| a branch of archaeology primarily concerened with the literate mediterranean civilizations of greece and rome |
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| Cultural Resource Management (CRM) |
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| historical preservation in the US involves survey and excavation to determine that historical and cultural resources are not being destroyed by development and construction |
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| false or misleading claims about the nature of the world or the past, masquerading as science |
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| a generally accepted explanation of observed events or relationships |
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| abrupt and sudden changes in the pace of evolution |
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| modern experiments to reproduce artifacts, architecture and or techniques from the past |
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| the overal strategy of intended methods, research area, and planned analysis for answering a question or questions about the past |
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| archaeological study of living societies for information to help better understand the past |
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| a means of human adaptation based on intelligence, experience, learning, and the use of tools; the general set of behaviors and knowledge that humans use to survive and adapt |
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| a group of related materials from a region that indicate a common or shared way of doing things |
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| the study of human pops with a focus on size, age and sex distribution, birth and death rates, and migration. Prehistoric demography is also known as paleodemography |
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| the natural and social milieu in which human societies operate |
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| the material, equipment, techniques, and knowledge that allow humans to convert natural resources into tools, food, clothing, shelter and other products they need or want |
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| the means and methods that society uses to obtain food, water, and resources for maintenance and growth |
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| structure and intraction in human society, iincluding relationships among individuals, groups, and other societies |
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| the explanation of human, natural and supernatural relationships through belief, rituual and ceremony |
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| 1. all of the people living at a place or in a region. An archaeological poop generally refers to the people related through membership in the same group 2. All of the items or units of interest in statistical sampling |
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| the set of human remains found interred in a site or cemetary |
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| the number of people per unit of area |
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| the geographic area an animal uses for feeding and other activities; in archaeology, the term generally refers to the area used by mobile hunter gatherers |
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| a recognized and defended area utilized by a group or society, often associated with agricultural societies |
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| a sovereign region, marked by boundaries and defended by military power, usually associated with state-level societies |
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| large sovereign space, expanded by military conquest and encompassing several countries and/or territories, associated with state level societies |
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| a manual water hoist used for irrigation in ancient egypt |
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| a oxen powe3red water wheel used for irrigation in ancient egypt |
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| the creation or development of new ideas or techniques for solving pro9blems |
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| thee spread of new ideas or materials from one group to another |
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| movement of new people into an area |
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| the activities and materials that people use to obtain food |
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| people who obtain their food from wild plants and animals, not domesticated species |
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| nonfarmers; groups who subsist by hunting, colecting, fishing and the like without domesticated plants or animals |
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| transfer of material or information among individuals or groups |
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