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Organic substances such as fats, oils, and waxes that resist mixing with water and are found in both plant and animal tissues are called:

If an archaeologist is analyzing tiny silica particles that were originally contained in plants, he or she is analyzing:

The raw number of identified bones per taxon in an archaeofauna is known as the:

At Agate Basin, the NISP count suggests that ____________were more important than ____________.

What element’s isotopes are used to trace where someone grew up in the teeth of skeletons from ancient cemtaries?

Coprolites from the New World that are 12,000 or more calendar years old:

If a bioarchaeologist finds evidence of osteoarthritis in which bones have developed a distinct “lipping” at the point of articulation, he or she has found:

In more humid conditions, plant remains generally are preserved only when they have been

In order to understand exactly what a person ate within a 24 hour period, the most useful source of data would be:

Archaeologists who analyze faunal assemblages are commonly known as: