environmental features that are physical rather than biological, and thus characterized by the absence of life; opposite of biotic

of, or pertaining to, an original or native inhabitant of a region (the word aborigine comes from the Latin phrase ab origine, meaning ‘from the beginning’)

the methods that determine when an event occurred in calendar years; usually noted as years before the present, with ‚“present” meaning 1950

from the Latin anno domini, designates the period after year 1 in the Christian or Gregorian calendar

like AD, but indicates uncorrected radiocarbon dates

the intensive cultivation of soil and production of crops; farming

of or relating to or as a result of human impacts on nature; originating in human activity

the study of humans and their cultural behavior from a holistic perspective, involving (in New World academics) these four sub-fields: archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistics, and physical anthropology

the material remains of past human activities, including any features or alteration of the landscape

artifacts, sites, their contexts within the physical and cultural environments, and the information that can be garnered from them

a place where human activity took place and material remains were left behind

the study of past human culture by analyzing the material remains (sites and artifacts) people left behind; the science of archaeology involves recording, interpreting, and recreating past human life

a New World cultural period, about 10,000-3000 BP, marked by mobile gathering-and-hunting life and a mostly egalitarian social organization

stone points that were small and light enough to have been attached to an arrow shaft and shot from a bow; the term PPK is a more general term.

any object made, modified, or used by humans

a group of artifacts found together that were used at the same time or for similar tasks

an early weapon that increased both the force and distance that a spear could be thrown, used primarily for large game

The word is a corruption of the Nahuatl word ahtlatl (Nahuatl is the language of the Aztecs of the Basin of Mexico area around modern Mexico City).

a characteristic of an artifact, such as size, shape, or color