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Archaeology
Undergraduate 2
12/03/2011

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Henges
Definition
circular monuments such as Stonehenge
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Megaliths
Definition
large stone structures (Menhir: single standing stone) - megalith tombs in Ireland associated with graves
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Coporate burial mounds
Definition
family burial places? often contained skeletons when excavated
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Buff-colored pottery (Hohokam)
Definition
early pre-classic A.D. 200-750 first pottery
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Gray pottery (Anasazi)
Definition
Basket maker III A.D. 600-750 first truly well made pottery in the southwest
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Brown pottery (Mogollon)
Definition
Pit House period A.D. 200-1,000
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Coprolites
Definition
fossilized shit
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Baked clay balls
Definition
Poverty point site 1,500-700 B.C. used for cooking
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Hearths
Definition
areas where there is evidence of stone firepits and controlled ash deposits
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Atlatl
Definition
throwing spear
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Arrow points
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Pictographs
Definition
Native American paintings on rock
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Petroglyphs
Definition
symbolic rock carvings, made with stone tools
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Pithouses
Definition
semi subterranean house- rock art
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Canals
Definition
used by Moche people for irrigation and to connect rivers to fields
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Ball courts
Definition
Aztecs had them, had to get a ball through a small hoop using hips, legs anything except their hands or feet-it was a game of life and death
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Polychrome pottery
Definition
used more elaborate symbolism (Classic Hohokam)
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Platform mounds
Definition
man-made mesas, made by mound builder societies
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Kivas
Definition
large, round subsurface ceremonial structures; mogollon area pueblo period
Have benches, Vertical structures to hold up a roof, Modern day church-used for rituals
Pueblos
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Great kivas
Definition
large, round subsurface ceremonial structures; mogollon area pueblo period
Have benches, Vertical structures to hold up a roof, Modern day church-used for rituals
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Pueblos
Definition
above ground architecture, anasazi pueblo I period
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Great Houses
Definition
pueblo bonito of pueblo II 900-1150 AD
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Chaco Roads
Definition
Advanced road system between anasazi cities
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Corrugated pottery
Definition
Pueblo II period A.D. 900-1150
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Charnel deposits
Definition
human bones that have been processed (evidence of cannibalism?)
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Quipu
Definition
5,000 ya; system of recording info in knots tied together in a net
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Lanzon
Definition
stone structure representing a God at Chavin de Huantar
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Monk’s Mound
Definition
3rd largest prehistoric structure in the New World (Cahokia)
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Midden
Definition
prehistoric trash
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Palisade
Definition
giant wall protecting the outer limits of a city from anything on the outside
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Pictographs
Definition
Native American paintings on rock
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Petroglyphs
Definition
symbolic rock carvings, made with stone tools
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Codices
Definition
used by the Aztecs, picture writing/glyphs before Spanish influence (not real writing)
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Temples
Definition
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Canals
Definition
used by Moche people for irrigation and to connect rivers to fields
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Ball courts
Definition
Aztecs had them, had to get a ball through a small hoop using hips, legs anything except their hands or feet-it was a game of life and death
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Monumental architecture
Definition
secondary trait of civilization, ex: ziggurats, pyramids of giza
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Platform mounds
Definition
man-made mesas, made by mound builder societies
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Ziggurats
Definition
rectangular shape pyramid typically with flat top
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Hieroglyphic script
Definition
found in mayan stairway, depicted soldiers and sacrifices
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Calendar
Definition
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Writing systems
Definition
Mayans used glyphs, others used pictographs
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Divine kingship
Definition
in mayan culture lord donned god-masks (Ch'ul Anau)
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Mayan calendar
Definition
system of calendars of pre-columbrian mesoamericasystem of calendars of Pre-Columbian Meso-america. Mayan calendar starts 3,114 B.C.
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Pyramid of the sun
Definition
largest pyramid in Teotihuacan
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Avenue of the Dead
Definition
main axis of city. stretches to citadel and temple of the moon
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Pyramid of the Moon
Definition
second largest pyramid in Teotihuacan
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Citadel
Definition
fortress on high ground protecting a city
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Chinampas
Definition
method of ancient Meso-american agriculture
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Hieroglyphics
Definition
in egypt. logograms representing words
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Rosetta stone
Definition
consisted of Greek, Egyptian, and another language= allowed us to read Egyptian hieroglyphics bc it was the same passage
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Pyramid of Khufu
Definition
oldest of 3 in Egypt. in Giza. built for tomb for pharaoh Khufu
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Cuneiform
Definition
earliest known forms of written expression
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