- Industry: Archaeology
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An artifact's context usually consisits of its immediate matrix (the material surrounding it, e.g. gravel, clay, rock, or sand), its provenience (horizontal and vertical position within the matrix), and its association with other artifacts (occurrence together with other archaeological remains, usually in the same matrix).
Industry:Archaeology
The opening up of large horizontal areas for excavation, used especially where single period deposits lie close to the surface.
Industry:Archaeology
Social standing and prestige reflecting the ability of an individual to acquire an established position in society as a result of individual accomplishments.
Industry:Archaeology
An aspect of development that involves the formation of different types of cells, tissues, and organs through the processes of specific regulation of gene expression.
Industry:Archaeology
In geology, a division of an era, as the Quaternary period of the Cenozoic era.
Industry:Archaeology
The use of selective archaeological evidence to promulgate nonscientific, fictional accounts of the past.
Industry:Archaeology
A species with a high rate of reproduction, readily able to take advantage of new habitats because of its genetic variation and internal subdivisions.
Industry:Archaeology
