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The difference between excavating an arbitrary level and a natural level is:

The Wheeler Kenyon method for laying out grids is the most common approach to organizing horizontal space in larger, complex archaeological sites. This method involves:

In the osteological analysis of human and animal bones, what is the difference between the number of identified specimens (NISP) and the minimum number of individuals (MNI)?

Microscopic, chemical, and DNA analysis of the stomach contents recovered from Ötzi, the natural mummy of a Copper Age man recovered from a glacier in the Alps, provides an opportunity for researchers to reconstruct:

Examining the natural processes by which things (artifacts, organisms, etc.) enter the archaeological record and produce patterning in archaeological data is known as:

Morphological typologies rely on what type of characteristics of an object to separate and classify archaeological assemblages?

A fixed reference spot in an archaeological site used to track control over the horizontal and vertical position of every excavation unit, feature, and object found is known as:

As described in Chapter 4, system software is made up of

During the computer’s boot-up sequence, the _____ checks devices such as the memory, monitor, keyboard, and disc drives.

What is archaeological context?