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| the whole set of possible evidence or all items that constitute the material remains of the past |
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| any portable object used, made, or shaped by humans |
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| a non-portable artifact recoverable from its matrix without destroying its integrity |
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| analytical samples or ecofacts |
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| the non-artifactual remains found in archaeological sites such as seeds, bones, soil samples, and plant pollen |
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| any information about the past or present characteristic of the local physical environment |
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all processes that in one way or the other affected or transformed the formation of the site as we know it today
two types: cultural and natural |
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| vertical sequence of soil or rock formations in layers |
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| contextual or spatial data |
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relationship/arrangement between objects; includes location, matrix, provenience, and association
1-ancient behavior
2-the way in which the find was deposited in the ground
3-the subsequent history of the find in the ground |
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| original context of the find undisturbed by any factor |
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| context of a find whose primary context has been disturbed by later activity since it was deposited |
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| physical substance that surrounds the find |
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| the relationship between an artifact and the other archaeological finds |
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| principle of superposition |
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| the upper strata are younger than the lower strata |
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| artifacts in the same archaeological context or level are more or less contemporaneous |
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