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ANT 2100 Mehta Final Questions And Answers 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...

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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 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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