CAS AR 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Barter, Solutrean, Acheulean

• School: Boston University
• Department: Archaeology
• Course: CAS AR 100
• Professor: William Saturno

Document Summary

Archaeology -the study of human past combining the themes of time and change. Culture - a unique means of human non biological adaptation based on experience, learning and the use of tools. Artifact - any object or item created or modified by human action. Ecofact - the remains of plants, animals, sediments and other undefined modified material altered by humans. Stratigraphy - is a branch of geology which studies rock layers (strata) and layering (stratification). Superimposition - principle that artifacts found at a lower level of a site predicate a those at a higher level; shows that higher levels are the youngest. Association - the relationship between items in an archeology site, items in association are found closer together and in the same layer of deposit. Matrix - the soil or physical material in which an excavation is conducted, or within which artifacts or fossils are embedded or supported. Matrix is the material (soil) within which cultural debris is contained.