ANT 2100 Mehta Final Questions And
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appendicular skeleton all parts of an animal excluding the axial skeleton
Seasonality an estimate of the part of the year a particular archaeological site was
occupied
Puna Native American (Quechua) term for the treeless, windswept tablelands and ba...
appendicular skeleton all parts of an animal excluding the axial skeleton
Seasonality an estimate of the part of the year a particular archaeological site was
occupied
Puna Native American (Quechua) term for the treeless, windswept tablelands and basins
of the higher Andes
ch'arki Native South American (Quechua) term for freeze-dried llama and alpaca meat
macrobotanical remains Nonmicroscopic plant remains recovered from an archaeological
site.
Paleoethnobotanist an archaeologist who analyzes and interprets plant remains from
archaeological sites in order to understand past interactions between human populations and
plants
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Coprolite Desiccated feces, often containing macrobotanical remains, pollen, and the
remains of small animals.
Palynology the study of pollen and spores
pollen diagram a chart showing the changing frequencies of different identified pollens
through time from samples taken from archaeological or other sites
Clovis The earliest well-established Native American culture, distributed throughout
much of North America and dating 10,900 to 11,200 BC.
Phytoliths tiny silica particles contained in plants
Bioarchaeology the study of human remains in an archaeological context
Osteology Study of bones
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burial population A set of human burials that come from a limited region and a limited
time period. The more limited the region and the time period, the more accurate will be
inferences drawn from analysis of the burials.
charnel house A structure that eastern Native Americans used to lay out the dead where
the body would decompose. The bones would later be gathered and buried or cremated.
bundle burial Burial of a person's bones, bundled together, after the flesh has been
removed or allowed to decay off the bones.
sciatic notch the angled edge of both halves of the posterior (rear) side of the pelvis;
measurement of this angle is used to determine sex in human skeletons. Although its width varies
among populations, narrow notches indicate a male and wider notches indicate a female.
Epiphyses ends of long bones that consist of compact bone externally and spongy bone
internally (most bones are fused by age 25)
pubic symphysis Where the two halves of the pelvis meet in the groin area; the
appearance of its articulating surface can be used to age skeletons.
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