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Anthropology 1 Ch.2
Ch. 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| antiquaries | people whom placed items on shelves such as fossils and have no interest in finding information about them (only for looks) |
| research design | the objectives of a project are set out and the strategy for recovering the relevant data is outlined |
| paleoanthropologist | study of traces of ancient human ancestors to comprehend the biological evolution of human species and understand its lifestyle |
| paleoecology | study of old enviornments |
| fossil localities | spots where predators dropped animals they had killed, naturally preserved or early humans lived |
| taphonomy | study of the variety of natural and behavioral processed that let to the formation of the deposits uncovered |
| context | a fossils or artifacts exact position in relation on the surrounding sediment and any associeated material |
| culture | all aspects of human activity ie. fine art. entertainment, religious, beliefs and values |
| material culture | physical products of human society ie. weapons and clothing |
| cultural anthropology | the study of modern human population |
| archaeological record | places of past human activity that are preserved |
| features | non movable artifacts such as a wall (great wall of china) |
| ecofacts | non artifactual organic |
| survey | systematic examination |
| grid | region site dvided into sections |
| transect | used to survey vegetation area that are thick |
| proton magnetometer | a sensor that can detect differences in the soils magnetic field caused by burial features and artifacts |
| electrical resistivity | provides same info as proton magnetometer though it is based on different concepts |
| aerial photography | sometimes called aerial anthropology, taking pictures that reveal topographical significances to archeological sites |
| pace imaging radar | detects features buried under 6 ft. of sand |
| datum point | permanent features or marker that can be used as a reference point |
| relative dating | refers to dating method that determines whether one particular fossil artifacts dates before one another |
| stratigraphic dating | most basic relative dating |
| strata | setiment in deposit layers |
| law of supraposition | states that any succession of rock latyers the lowest rock have been there the longest and upper the shorter period of time |
| faunal succession | placing fossils in a relative time frame |
| palynology | study of pollen grains |
| seriation | dating techniques based on the assumption that any particular artifacts attribute or style will appear and increase polarity until it reaches peak then progressively decreases |
| radiocarbon dating | based on the decay of carbon 14 or radioactive isotopes of carbon that eventually decay into nitrogen |
| half life | how long it takes for half of the radio isotopes to decay |
| potassium argon dating | scientist measure the decay of radioisotope of potassium known as potassium 40 into an inert gas argon 40 |
| fission tracking dating | bassed on the decay of a radioactive isotope of uranium that releases energy at a regular rate (determines age from 300,000 to 4.5 million years old) |
| thermaoluminescence dating | based on radioactive decay method but the techniques operate slightly different |
| dendrochronology | numerical dating on the annual growth of rings found in some species of trees |
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ssnyder1993
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