technique used on ceramics and burned stone artifacts-- any mineral that   has been heated to more than 500 degrees celsius

the study of how organisms become part of the fossil record

refuse deposit resulting from human activities;

food remains such as charred seeds, animal bone and shell, and discarded artifacts

The study of plant pollen, spores, and other microscopic organisms

sites physical structure produced by geological & cultural sediments into strata

can help find relationships between each level and show how strata can be culturally destroyed

part of tree-dating

annual growth rings in trees assign ages to ancient wood samples

application of concepts and methods of the geosciences to research

look at strata, all the different natural layers

seriated the entire Egyptian sequence beginning with the historical ceramics back into the pre-Dynastic Period

pile of sedimentary rocks that have not been disturbed = each bed is older than the layers above and younger than the layer below

when trees and other plant affect distribution of artifacts within a site

can be bushes or heavy grass

The study of plant pollen, spores, and other microscopic organisms

the study of how organisms become part of the fossil record

identify functions of tools by examining their surfaces and edges

used on stone tools

sites physical structure produced by geological & cultural sediments into strata

can help find relationships between each level and show how strata can be culturally destroyed

processes operating to modify the earth's surface now are the same from long ago

a filled-in animal burrow

refuse deposit resulting from human activities;

food remains such as charred seeds, animal bone and shell, and discarded artifacts

Relative: dates expressed relative to one another

ex: for instance, earlier, later, more recent -- instead of absolute terms

Absolute: specific units of measurement, such as days, years, centuries,  or millennia-absolute determinations attempting to pinpoint a discrete, known interval in time

technique used on ceramics and burned stone artifacts-- any mineral that   has been heated to more than 500 degrees celsius

refuse deposit resulting from human activities;

food remains such as charred seeds, animal bone and shell, and discarded artifacts

objects found in same layer = all from the same time

an item that is indicative of a particular time and/or culture group.

the study of contemporary peoples to determine how human behavior is translated into the archaeological record

pile of sedimentary rocks that have not been disturbed = each bed is older than the layers above and younger than the layer below

identify functions of tools by examining their surfaces and edges

used on stone tools

Marker: the 3 types of sediment

Diagnostic: artifacts that can be used as index fossils in a cultural context

experiments designed to determine correlations of ancient behavior

experiments designed to determine correlations of ancient behavior

the study of how organisms become part of the fossil record

identify functions of tools by examining their surfaces and edges

used on stone tools

objects found in same layer = all from the same time

seriated the entire Egyptian sequence beginning with the historical ceramics back into the pre-Dynastic Period

objects found in same layer = all from the same time

seriated the entire Egyptian sequence beginning with the historical ceramics back into the pre-Dynastic Period

Father of archaeological seriation

Father of archaeological seriation

seriated the entire Egyptian sequence beginning with the historical ceramics back into the pre-Dynastic Period

the 3 types of sediment

• - artifacts that can be used as index fossils in a cultural context

dentify functions of tools by examining their surfaces and edges

used on stone tools

sites physical structure produced by geological & cultural sediments into strata

can help find relationships between each level and show how strata can be culturally destroyed

refuse deposit resulting from human activities;

food remains such as charred seeds, animal bone and shell, and discarded artifacts

Father of archaeological seriation

the location an artifact is found in an excavation, within the grid of an archaeology site

sites physical structure produced by geological & cultural sediments into strata

can help find relationships between each level and show how strata can be culturally destroyed

the study of how organisms become part of the fossil record

seriated the entire Egyptian sequence beginning with the historical ceramics back into the pre-Dynastic Period

Number of specimens

the study of how organisms become part of the fossil record

Father of archaeological seriation

seriated the entire Egyptian sequence beginning with the historical ceramics back into the pre-Dynastic Period

objects found in same layer = all from the same time

excavated at Pueblo San Cristobal in the 1910s

utilized the marker fossil/artifact concept to look at culture change over time

objects found in same layer = all from the same time

when trees and other plant affect distribution of artifacts within a site

can be bushes or heavy grass

The study of how organisms become part of the fossil record how natural processes produce patterning in data

excavated at Pueblo San Cristobal in the 1910s utilized the marker fossil/artifact concept to look at culture change over time

seriated the entire Egyptian sequence beginning with the historical ceramics back into the pre-Dynastic Period

Father of archaeological seriation

the study of how organisms become part of the fossil record

the study of how organisms become part of the fossil record

how natural processes produce patterning in data

annual growth rings in trees assign ages to ancient wood samples

the study of contemporary peoples to determine how human behavior is translated into the archaeological record

An artifact that hasn’t been moved from its original resting place

a filled-in animal burrow

objects found in same layer = all from the same time

pile of sedimentary rocks that have not been disturbed = each bed is older than the layers above and younger than the layer below

annual growth rings in trees assign ages to ancient wood samples

refuse deposit resulting from human activities;

food remains such as charred seeds, animal bone and shell, and discarded artifacts

analogies justified by similarities in formal attributes of archaeological and ethnographic objects and features.

: analogies justified on cultural continuity between the archaeological and ethnographic similarity in cultural form

sites physical structure produced by geological & cultural sediments into strata

can help find relationships between each level and show how strata can be culturally destroyed

seriated the entire Egyptian sequence beginning with the historical ceramics back into the pre-Dynastic Period

he study of how organisms become part of the fossil record

how natural processes produce patterning in data

annual growth rings in trees assign ages to ancient wood samples

when trees and other plant affect distribution of artifacts within a site

can be bushes or heavy grass

seriated the entire Egyptian sequence beginning with the historical ceramics back into the pre-Dynastic Period

technique used on ceramics and burned stone artifacts-- any mineral that   has been heated to more than 500 degrees celsius

Number of specimens

The study of plant pollen, spores, and other microscopic organisms 

An artifact that hasn’t been moved from its original resting place

technique used on ceramics and burned stone artifacts-- any mineral that   has been heated to more than 500 degrees celsius

when trees and other plant affect distribution of artifacts within a site

can be bushes or heavy grass

the study of contemporary peoples to determine how human behavior is translated into the archaeological record

An artifact that hasn’t been moved from its original resting place

An artifact that hasn’t been moved from its original resting place

used to detect concentrations of plant remains in archaeological sites

sites physical structure produced by geological & cultural sediments into strata

can help find relationships between each level and show how strata can be culturally destroyed

seriated the entire Egyptian sequence beginning with the historical ceramics back into the pre-Dynastic Period

when trees and other plant affect distribution of artifacts within a site

can be bushes or heavy grass

Relative: dates expressed relative to one another

ex: for instance, earlier, later, more recent -- instead of absolute terms

Absolute: specific units of measurement, such as days, years, centuries,  or millennia-absolute determinations attempting to pinpoint a discrete, known interval in time

the study of contemporary peoples to determine how human behavior is translated into the archaeological record

objects found in same layer = all from the same time

technique used on ceramics and burned stone artifacts-- any mineral that   has been heated to more than 500 degrees celsius

The study of plant pollen, spores, and other microscopic organisms 

An artifact that hasn’t been moved from its original resting place

the study of contemporary peoples to determine how human behavior is translated into the archaeological record

An artifact that hasn’t been moved from its original resting place

The study of plant pollen, spores, and other microscopic organisms 

identify functions of tools by examining their surfaces and edges

used on stone tools

pile of sedimentary rocks that have not been disturbed = each bed is older than the layers above and younger than the layer below

pile of sedimentary rocks that have not been disturbed = each bed is older than the layers above and younger than the layer below

application of concepts and methods of the geosciences to research

look at strata, all the different natural layers

The study of plant pollen, spores, and other microscopic organisms 

the study of contemporary peoples to determine how human behavior is translated into the archaeological record