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	<title>The Society for Georgia Archaeology &#187; Glossary</title>
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		<title>hunter-gatherers</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2011/04/hunter-gatherers/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2011/04/hunter-gatherers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes instead written gatherer-hunters, to emphasize that gathering usually provides a most of the calories, hunter-gathers are peoples who subsist on foods obtained from the wilds, from foraging and hunting species that are not domesticated; hunting-and-gathering peoples tend to live in social groups that are relatively non-hierarchical and politically egalitarian.]]></description>
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		<title>ritual</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2011/02/ritual/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2011/02/ritual/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[a set of behaviors, which perhaps may be termed a ceremony, usually performed for symbolic reasons; rituals may be regularly performed (e.g., daily, weekly, or seasonally), or they may be performed in conjunction with a specific event (e.g., births, birthdays, weddings, funerals); it is not unusual for food to be incorporated into or be associated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>built environment</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2010/06/built-environment/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2010/06/built-environment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[human-made constructions that, at least loosely, may be called buildings, plus all sorts of architecture and engineered structures]]></description>
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		<title>society</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2010/03/society/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2010/03/society/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[a society is an aggregate of people living more-or-less together in a more-or-less ordered community or group of communities; members of a society tend to have shared customs, laws, and civic-ceremonial institutions, but they may not—indeed, members may use different languages and even self-identify to different ethnicities. In short, societies vary greatly in scope and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>occupation</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2010/02/occupation/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2010/02/occupation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thesga.org/?p=4998</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[a place with archaeological evidence of ancient use; often used by archaeologists interchangeably with &#8220;site&#8220;. A site may have multiple occupations, however; occupations can be considered to date to a particular archaeologically identifiable period, or an occupation can be used more loosely to indicate ancient use of a place.]]></description>
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		<title>percussion flaking</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2009/12/percussion-flaking/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2009/12/percussion-flaking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[primitive technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[method for making stone tools that involves striking a lump of tool stone with another object, often stone, thereby detaching waste flakes]]></description>
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		<title>cabotage</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2009/09/cabotage/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2009/09/cabotage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[navigation of coastal waters]]></description>
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		<title>ecosystem</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2009/04/ecosystem/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2009/04/ecosystem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[a dynamic complex of organisms (biota), including humans, and their physical environment, interacting as a functional unit; they may vary greatly in size and composition, and display functional relationships within and between systems]]></description>
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		<title>anthropogenic</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2009/04/anthropogenic/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2009/04/anthropogenic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[of or relating to or as a result of human impacts on nature; originating in human activity]]></description>
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		<title>biotic</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2009/04/biotic/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2009/04/biotic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[of or relating to or resulting from living beings; opposite of abiotic]]></description>
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		<title>abiotic</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2009/04/abiotic/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2009/04/abiotic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[environmental features that are physical rather than biological, and thus characterized by the absence of life; opposite of biotic]]></description>
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		<item>
		<title>species</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2009/03/species/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2009/03/species/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[in biology, and science in general, refers to a group of organisms that are similar and capable of exchanging genes, or interbreeding The species is a natural taxonomic unit. Taxonomists classify organisms based on similarities. The convention is to use a two-part, or binomial, term for each species. People, for example, have the binomial Homo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>disturbance processes</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2009/03/disturbance-processe/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2009/03/disturbance-processe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[after an artifact or place is abandoned, it can be affected by many types of disturbance processes, e.g., percolating rainwater, erosion, digging creatures, later human occupation including being trampled underfoot, etc.]]></description>
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		<title>drip line</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2009/03/drip-line/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2009/03/drip-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thesga.org/?p=2463</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[a small but distinct linear pattern in the soil that forms when rainwater is focused to drip in certain places; they are an example of a disturbance process A tree with a dense crown of leaves can have a drip line around its outer extent. The edge of the roof of a rock shelter can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>sherd</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2009/03/sherd/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2009/03/sherd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thesga.org/?p=2419</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[short for potsherd; potsherds are broken pieces of pottery or ceramics]]></description>
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		<title>watercourse</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2009/03/watercourse/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2009/03/watercourse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thesga.org/?p=2417</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[a river, stream, brook, or even an artificial water channel such as a ditch or canal]]></description>
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		<title>environment</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2009/03/environment/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2009/03/environment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thesga.org/?p=2413</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[the natural world, usually in reference to a particular geographic area; archaeologists often describe the environment with reference to landforms, watercourses, climate, and food resources]]></description>
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		<item>
		<title>period</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2009/03/period/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2009/03/period/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[a length of time defined by having similar features or conditions; Georgia&#8217;s prehistory is commonly defined as including the Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian periods]]></description>
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		<title>field work</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2009/03/field-work/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2009/03/field-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[archaeological investigations in the out-of-doors; include surface collecting and excavations]]></description>
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		<title>reporting</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2009/03/reporting/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2009/03/reporting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thesga.org/?p=2404</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[a critical step in archaeological research, sometimes overlooked; after field work and laboratory analysis, document searches, and a period of thoughtfulness, a good, ethical archaeologist prepares a report on the investigations. Archaeology is by nature a destructive science, so reporting passes on the information to others, because that field work can never be replicated.]]></description>
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		<title>multi-component</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2009/03/multi-component/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2009/03/multi-component/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thesga.org/?p=2398</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[an archaeological site occupied in more than one period]]></description>
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		<title>component</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2009/03/component/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2009/03/component/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[archaeologists use this term to refer to a particular period (or era) in which an archaeological site was occupied; a site occupied in more than one period is referred to as a multi-component site]]></description>
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		<title>privy</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2009/03/privy/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2009/03/privy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[an outhouse, or a toilet located in a small shed outside a house or other building]]></description>
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		<title>bioturbation</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2009/03/bioturbation/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2009/03/bioturbation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[changes in the soil due to natural processes done by living things, which include the action of roots, worms, and digging creatures, etc. These processes cause the movement of and changes to artifacts and features after deposition.]]></description>
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		<title>circa</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2009/03/circa/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2009/03/circa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sammy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[from the Latin word meaning approximately; often used before a date, and abbreviated &#8220;ca.&#8221; (for example, ca. 1530)]]></description>
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		<title>aborigine</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2001/01/aborigine/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2001/01/aborigine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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’)]]></description>
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		<title>absolute dating techniques</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2001/01/absolute-dating-techniques/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2001/01/absolute-dating-techniques/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the methods that determine when an event occurred in calendar years; usually noted as years before the present, with ‚“present” meaning 1950]]></description>
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		<title>ad</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2001/01/ad/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2001/01/ad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[like AD, but indicates uncorrected radiocarbon dates]]></description>
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		<title>agriculture</title>
		<link>http://thesga.org/2001/01/agriculture/</link>
		<comments>http://thesga.org/2001/01/agriculture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[the intensive cultivation of soil and production of crops; farming]]></description>
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		<title>anthropology</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Glossary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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