the study of entire cultures or large sociopolitical units, especially through the investigation of change and continuity in settlement systems over a long period of time
Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001
regional analysis
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reconstruction
the process of describing, explaining, and interpreting all facets of life in a now extinct culture—from the ways people made a living, to the clothes they wore, to the type of social organization in which they participated.
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