Archaeology Vocabulary Text Quiz - Statistics

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Definition	First Letter	Term	% Correct
Detailed, written accounts of archaeological research, excavation, and interpretation made during an ongoing project.	F	{Field} notes	66%
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.	R	{Radiocarbon} dating	65%
A mound of stones erected as a memorial or marker.	C	Cairn	51%
The application of archaeological techniques and theory in a legal context.	F	{Forensic} archaeology	50%
The science of reconstructing the relationships between past societies and the environments they lived in.	E	{Environmental} archaeology	48%
Soil deposited by running water, such as streams, rivers, and flood waters.	A	{Alluvial} deposit	46%
To re-fill a trench once an excavation has been completed.	B	Backfill	46%
Information relating to where an artifact or feature was found and what it was found in association with.	C	Context	45%
A fragment removed by chipping or hammering from a larger stone used as a tool or weapon.	F	Flake	44%
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).	A	{Absolute} dating	41%
The exposure, processing, and recording of archaeological sites, including uncovering and recording the provenience, context, and three-dimensional location of archaeological finds.	E	Excavation	40%
The use of screens and meshes to improve the recovery rate of artifacts from excavated sediments.	S	Sieving	34%
Material that has accumulated, or been deposited, within a negative feature such as a cut, ditch, or a hollow in a building.	F	Fill	33%
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.	B	{Biface} tools	31%
A site that is anomalously large in comparison to others from the same period and region.	M	Mega-site	30%
The classification of objects according to their physical characteristics.	T	Typology	30%
A heap of earth placed over one or more prehistoric tombs, often surrounded by ditches.	B	Barrow	26%
Any change to an archaeological site due to events which occurred after the site was laid down.	D	Disturbance	25%
An object which has been deliberately broken or damaged in such a way as to make it unusable.	K	{Killed} object	23%
A rapid and relatively inexpensive method of archaeological evaluation used to estimate the archaeological potential of a site.	T	{Trial} trenching	23%
The preparation of finds from an excavation for storage or further specialist analysis, typically including washing, labelling, sorting and listing in an inventory.	P	Finds {processing}	21%
The physical material in which finds and other cultural remains are found, e.g. soil or rock.	M	Matrix	20%
A stone or metal axelike instrument with a bevelled edge.	C	Celt	16%
Loose sediment excavated from a trench.	S	Spoil	16%
Artificial changes in land level, typically made from piles of artificially placed or sculpted rocks and soil.	E	Earthworks	9%

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