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anthropology midterm

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micropmorphology taking small soil samples, hardening them with resin + cutting the slides, and then studying them under microscopes for remains or plants, coal, and animal bones
superposition the dating principle that undisturbed older layers deeper into the ground signify happenings from a long time ago, while layers closer to the surface are younger and signify more recent happenings
bioturbation burrowing animals moving objects up and/or down in a site, making them seem younger or older than they are
cryoturbation the freezing and thawing of soils can break apart or move sediment layers
traits that indicate complex hunter-gatherers large populations, high population densities, sedentary, accumulation of property/material wealth
how is complexity recognized in the archaeological record accumulation of shell middens, large structures in settlement areas, territorial behavior
complex HGs HGs whose cultures and societies have cultural, social, and economic traits that scholars assumed required agriculture for them to develop - they were not mobile, but rather sustained themsleves while remaining sedentary
epistomology the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion using techniques to confirm or deny
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