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Using the pulldown boxes, match each item on the left to the corresponding item at right.

1.1   [Hint] A. A natural object that has been used or modified by humans.
1.2   [Hint] B. A stone tool made or used by humans.
1.3   [Hint] C. Any object of human manufacture.
1.4   [Hint] D. A scholar who studies ancient humans and human evolution.
1.5   [Hint] E. The remains of an ancient plant or animal that has turned to stone through a complex process of mineralization.
1.6   [Hint] F. An artifact made from clay that has been heated to give it strength.


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Using the pulldown boxes, match each item on the left to the corresponding item at right.

2.1   [Hint] A. The analysis and interpretation of stratified deposits.
2.2   [Hint] B. Techniques that provide absolute dates in years before the present.
2.3   [Hint] C. Technique used to assign a date to an object or deposit based on its relative context with other objects or deposits.
2.4   [Hint] D. Human creations and disturbances that have become intrinsic parts of archaeological sites.
2.5   [Hint] E. Any artifact, ecofact, fossil, or feature that is unique to a particular time, period and by its presence can be used to indicate the date or an archaeological deposit.
2.6   [Hint] F. A method of relative dating that uses the percentages of particular artifact styles to assign relative dates.


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Using the pulldown boxes, match each item on the left to the corresponding item at right.

3.1   [Hint] A. A location where artifacts, ecofacts, fossils, and features are found in context.
3.2   [Hint] B. An absolute dating method that uses the annual growth rings of trees to determine the year in which a tree died.
3.3   [Hint] C. The study of site formation and disturbance.
3.4   [Hint] D. A method of absolute dating that uses the decay of carbon 14 to assign a date to an object.
3.5   [Hint] E. Archaeological sites that have clear separation between deposits dating to different times.






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