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Archaeology Vocabulary Click Quiz - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 113 times
- The average score is 13 of 25
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| A site that is anomalously large in comparison to others from the same period and region. | mega-site | 71%
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| The science of reconstructing the relationships between past societies and the environments they lived in. | environmental archaeology | 70%
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| A fragment removed by chipping or hammering from a larger stone used as a tool or weapon. | flake | 70%
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| Any change to an archaeological site due to events which occurred after the site was laid down. | disturbance | 69%
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| Detailed, written accounts of archaeological research, excavation, and interpretation made during an ongoing project. | field notes | 69%
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| An absolute dating technique used to determine the age of organic materials less than 50,000 years old by examining the loss of the unstable carbon-14 isotope, which is absorbed by all living organisms during their lifespan. | radiocarbon dating | 67%
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| The preparation of finds from an excavation for storage or further specialist analysis, typically including washing, labelling, sorting and listing in an inventory. | finds processing | 66%
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| The application of archaeological techniques and theory in a legal context. | forensic archaeology | 66%
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| The use of screens and meshes to improve the recovery rate of artifacts from excavated sediments. | sieving | 66%
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| To re-fill a trench once an excavation has been completed. | backfill | 64%
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| A description of stone tools that have been worked on both sides or faces, meaning that flakes have been intentionally (not naturally) chipped off from both sides of the stone | biface | 64%
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| Ascertaining the age of an object with reference to a fixed and specific time scale (as opposed to ascertaining its age relative to the age of other objects in the same or a related context). | absolute dating | 61%
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| Soil deposited by running water, such as streams, rivers, and flood waters. | alluvial deposits | 56%
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| Information relating to where an artifact or feature was found and what it was found in association with. | context | 56%
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| A mound of stones erected as a memorial or marker. | cairn | 53%
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| A rapid and relatively inexpensive method of archaeological evaluation used to estimate the archaeological potential of a site. | trial trenching | 53%
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| The classification of objects according to their physical characteristics. | typology | 51%
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| Artificial changes in land level, typically made from piles of artificially placed or sculpted rocks and soil. | earthworks | 39%
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| A heap of earth placed over one or more prehistoric tombs, often surrounded by ditches. | barrow | 37%
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| A description of an object which has been deliberately broken or damaged in such a way as to make it unusable. | killed | 37%
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| The exposure, processing, and recording of archaeological sites, including uncovering and recording the provenience, context, and three-dimensional location of archaeological finds. | excavation | 36%
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| Material that has accumulated, or been deposited, within a negative feature such as a cut, ditch, or a hollow in a building. | fill | 33%
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| The physical material in which finds and other cultural remains are found, e.g. soil or rock. | matrix | 31%
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| Loose sediment excavated from a trench. | spoil | 26%
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| A stone or metal axelike instrument with a bevelled edge. | celt | 24%
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