Terminology I should be able to define/explain

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Taphonomy Study of processes that affect organic materials after decomposition
Sedentism -A residence pattern of permanent, year-round settlement (came w/ the spread of agriculture)
Dabenkeng Pottery -incised: Pottery that is decorated by cutting it or carving into the clay -Corded: Pottery marked by cords
Lapita culture (1350-750 BCE) -marked by pottery w/ sand/crushed-shell tempers -> i.e.: globular pots and open bowls -marked by "tattooed" pottery later
Clovis Points (13,100-12,900 BCE) small projectile points/knives that were artificially worked using pressure flaking & bear a basal flute for hafting
Folsom Points (12,500 BP)
Stemmed Points
Core parent rock from which flakes are detached
Hammerstones -tool with battering or crushing use-wear along the edge where it has struck a core, usually round or oval shaped. (i.e.: Oldowan tools)
Billet part of antler that used to be attached to the skull of an animal.
Antler Tine use of antler for pressure flaking, to remove smaller flakes from a biface.
Debitage Waste materials/refutes from making stone tools (i.e.: flakes)
Flake A sharp-edged piece of stone detached from a core
Artifact Type a bundling of attributes of an artifact, of which it can be classified on
Artifact attributes physical characteristics used by people to distinguish one artifact from another. (i.e.: That shirt is red while his is blue.)
Functional Classification Functional types are based on how they are used in everyday life by the culture. -> i.e.: weapons, tools, clothing, food collection & prep.
Chronological Classification defined by the form of the object and how that form is a time marker and have chronological significance (i.e.: different types of projectile points for different periods of time)
Descriptive Classiifcaton Descriptive types are based on the form of the artifact – physical or external characteristics. (i.e.: shape, size color, material, etc.)
Stylistic Classification Stylistic types utilize style to convey information to the public about cultural norms or beliefs. (i.e.: diff. type of stone heads w/ diff. meanings/ conveyances during different periods)
Shell Mound/ Midden midden: a concentration of cultural debris Shell mound: a midden primarily made up of shell where fishing is a primary subsistence strategy
Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) -weather pattern of Holocene Africa which affected landscape & way of living (i.e.: diff. crops @ certain times)
Isostatic Rebound when the land rebounds from the melting of ice that has compressed it and rises above sea level bcuz of it (Happened in Holcene Europe)
Eustatic Change When sea levels change bcuz of ice melt entering the oceans (sea levels are increasing)
Ascribed Status Social status based on a person's name or family lineage (you rule or are imp. because you're related to these people)
Achieved Status Social status gained by some means
Court Tomb Megalithic Tomb with: -open space in front (entrance) -multiple chambers
Portal Tomb Neolithic tomb type w/: -3/ more upright stones -single chamber (i.e.: Dolmen structures)
Cuneiform A form of script used in SW Asia during the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age
Menhir Megalithic structure that consists of upright/standing stones which are often arranged in a circles/ lines -i.e.: Carnac
Dolmen Megalithic structure that consists of 3/more upright/standing stones with a stone on top; act as burial ground in man cases.
Tumulus Megalithic structure constructed out of a mound of earth, grass, and stones that cover a tomb (totally closed off by dirt) -i.e.: Newgrange, Ireland
Henge Monuments include an enclosure, usually a circular ditch and bank, up to 1,600 feet in diameter. -i.e.: Stonehenge, England
Passage Tomb -Elongated tomb that could possible have more than one chamber. (There is literally a passage leading to the chamber(s))
Wedge Tomb Neolithic tomb type that is narrow at one end and, subsequently, forms a wedge shape
Biface -a stone artifact that possesses two worked “faces.” (A TYPE of stone technology)
Graver A tool with intentionally flaked point or beak, the bit is usually wider than long. (TYPE of stone tool technology)
End Scraper -tool with significant working on an edge, the worked edge has a high angle.
Drill
Projectile Points -are typically significantly smaller and start around 1,500 BP in the Western United States i.e.: arrowheads
Longhouses -political/ religious significance
Continental Shelf -extended perimeter of each continent and associated coastal plain -exposed during glacial periods -now submerged
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