EVANTH Final: Dating/Ecology

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Absolute/chronometric dating
provides an actual chronological date
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physical correlation
linking of geological layers based on physical characteristics
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features
products of human activity that cannot be removed as a single entity
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context
spatial and temporal associations of artifacts/features in a site

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Relative dating
provides a relative ordering of sites
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site survey
process of discovering archaeological site location
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Artifacts
physical objects modified by humans
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Archaeological sites
location of past human activity
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Ecofacts
natural materials that give environmental information and are NOT identified by humans
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What is the half life of 14C and what can does it decay to? What can it date?
5730 years, N-14 anything that is 1000 to 70,000 years old
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The Law of Faunal Succession
strata that contain fossils of the same animals are of the same age
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stratigraphy
study of the sequential layering of deposits
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Principle of super positioning
lower layers are deposited before upper layers
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Terrestial quadrupeds
reduced tail, short, digits, posteriorly extended process, robust radius, short digits, long, similar length, forelimb/hindlimb
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What factors have a negative effect on terrestiality?
frugivory, terrestrial predators, brachiation, population density, habitat
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What factors have a positive effect on terrestiality?
quadrupedal, group size, body mass, max temperature, primate richness, distance from roads
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Arboreal quadrupeds
long tail, deep ulna, grasping foot, short similar length, forelimb, hindlimb
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Suspensory arborealists
Long curved fingers, longer forelimbs, shorter olecranon process, dorsally placed scapula, often no tail, mobile hip joint
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