ANTH2500 Ex3 3

shoveled incisors
who?

set of human burials that come from a limited region and limited time period. The more limited the region and the time period, the more accurate will be inferences from analysis of the burials

structure used by eastern natuve americans to lay out the dead where the body would decompose. The bones would later be gathered and buried or cremated

burial of a persons bones, bundeled together, after the flesh has been removed or allowed to decay off the bones

plant stone

bone grease, berries, jerkey

the study of ancient plants from archeolocial context

a stody of natural processes
aid in site formation processes
stages of decay; date of decomposition

Nebraska; 500 bison bone bed; 21 projectile points; died of non-huma cause

places where animals were killed in the past

stone artifacts undergo a change in shape from reshapong activities , which could affect their typing

archeofauna

the study of faunal remains associated with human behavior

Identification and interpretation of animal remains from a archeological site.

weight; metrical attribute

vertical distribution opf artifacts

the original remote sensing instrument

godfather of ethnoarcheology

the last "wild Indian"
taught us everything we know about flint knapping while on exhibit in a museum

taphonomy lady

stolen from Geology

People Binford did ethnoarcheology with

levels in a soil profile

Points associated with Withita

boundary between ecological regions

They attempt to describe what is on and under the surface and also the ways in which we demarcate the environment for many purposes

difference in manufacture

purpose for use

variation independant of function

used the scientific method a punch computer to pattern similarities and differences in artifacts

who said archeology is all about patterns in artifact feature and form across time and space?

Trapped charge dating is accurate to possibly...

an assumption made in trapped charge dating methods

half-life of c-14

maximum range for c-14 dating?