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GA studies
wk. 1 vocab
Question | Answer |
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Paleontologist | The study of prehistoric life, as represented by the fossils of plants, animals, and other organisms. |
archaeologist | studies prehistoric people and their culture. |
Anthropology | scientific study of the origin, the behavior, and the physical, social, and culture of humans. |
Fossils | preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and other organisms from the remote past. |
artifacts | an object formed by humans, particularly one of interest to archaeologists |
nomadic | communities of people who move from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location |
steatite | aka soapstone-a metamorphic rock |
middens | piles of shells |
cremation | process of reducing dead bodies to basic chemical compounds in the form of gases and bone fragments by burning. |