Exam 2: Concepts and Topics Flashcards

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How do archaeologists excavate sites? How do test excavations and expanded excavations differ?

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What is the difference between soil and sediment? What three kinds of sediment did we discuss as part of geoarchaeology? How can you tell them apart?

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Why do archaeologists care about site formation processes?

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What are some natural processes that could disturb the context of a site?

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What are some cultural processes that could disturb the context of a site?

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What is relative dating? What techniques are involved?

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What is absolute dating? What materials can each technique date and what are their age limits?

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What kinds of typologies are available? What are the two most important aspects of a good typology?

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Know how to calculate a radiocarbon date age range to one/two standard deviations if given a date and standard deviations.

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Know how to calculate a radiocarbon date age range to one/two standard deviations if given a date and standard deviations.

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Be able to estimate the age of an artifact based on its position relative to radiocarbon-dated features in a profile, as you did in Assignment 2.

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Be able to estimate the age of an artifact based on its position relative to radiocarbon-dated features in a profile, as you did in Assignment 2.

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