culture
cultural anthropology
A region or society that shares similar materials/culture
culture area
largest pre-columbian mound city north of mexico
over 120 earth mounds
cahokia
adjusting raw absolute dating results to align with calender years
calibration
a lithic stone tool with sharp edges
blade
how why and at what rate cultural traits change over time
cultural evolution
study of material remains from ancient greece to rome
5th century BC to 5th century AD
classical arch.
ancient burial rituals with stone or earth structures built over them
often buried with artifacts
burial mound site
detecting ancient residue on artifacts to analys past human activity
blood antagen analysis
a stone artifact/block of raw material which flakes or blades are struck for tool manufacturing
core
cultural processes
ordering of phenomena into groups based off of shared attributes
classification
a society with a chief and multiple communities
cheifdom
chemistry used to identify composition, origin, and degradation processes of artifacts
chemical charecterization
fossilized feces
coprolite
principle of interpreting past societies, artifacts, and behaviors, in their original context rather than western or external standards
cultural relavitism
excavation method involving removing soil across a large horizontal surface to expose an area of a site rather than small isolated units
complex society
comparative collection
recurring specfic assemblage of materials found within a particular geographic area
culture
3D location and association of an artifact
Context
a distinct layer within a larger site representing a specific time period
component