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William Rathje
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garbology guy
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people
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Gustaf Kossinna
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people
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Charles Darwin
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came up with theory of evolution
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people
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Erich von Daniken
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people
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archaeology
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the study of past people and cultures from the deepest prehistory to the recent past through the analysis of material remains ranging from art, facts and evidence of past environments, to architecture and landscapes
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discipline
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garbology
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study of garbage
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discipline
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anthropology
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study of people
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discipline
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4 subfields of anthropology
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disciplines
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historical archaeology
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discipline
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paleoanthropology
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discipline
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ethnography
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methods
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participant observation
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method
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5 stages of archaeological research
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methods
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3 phases of field work
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1- reconnaissance
2- testing 3- excavation |
methods
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pedestrian survey
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method
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remote sensing
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method
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dendrochronology
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method
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radiocarbon dating
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method
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Seriation
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➡ putting things in order
-using change in styles to track change over time -relative changes in frequencies of styles are linked to absolute dates |
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the fresh kills landfill
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places
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west oakland
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places
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the university of azs garbage project
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things
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the Tuskegee study
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things
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piltdown man
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things
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empirical
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➡verifiable through observation and experience, rather than from theory or logic
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concept
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pseudoarchaeology
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concept
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Culture is:
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*adaptation to environment
-physical and social *learned rather than innate *beliefs, myths, symbols *language and art *social organization and political structure *lifestyles and lifeways *dynamic and all-encompassing |
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cultural relativism
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Every culture must be understood in its own terms.
-every culture is equally developed |
concept
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5 kinds of archaeological data
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*Artifacts
*Ecofacts *Human remains *Archaeological sites *Features |
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middens
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archaeological feature
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concept
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post holes
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archaeological feature
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site formation processes
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natural and cultural
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spatial and social scales
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concept
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associations
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how things are related to each other in space
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context
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what's around an object
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primary and secondary deposits
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Primary ➡undisturbed
Secondary ➡disturbed |
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in situ
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Situ ➡in place
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concept
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disturbed deposits
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concept
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provenance vs provenience
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Provenance ➡where an object came from
Provenience ➡where an object was found |
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test pits
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horizontal and vertical excavation
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plans and profiles
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absolute and relative dates
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Absolute ➡How long ago?
Relative ➡ In what order? |
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stratigraphy and strata
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Strata ➡layers of material
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concept
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laws of superposition and association
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Law of Association -things found together
Law of Superposition -things higher up are more recent |
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uniformitarianism
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concept
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Pliocene, Pleistocene, Holocene
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Pliocene (5.3-2.6 mya)
Pleistocene (2.6 mya-12 kya) Holocene (12 kya- today) |
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Paleolithic
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time period
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bipedalism
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concept
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evolution
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evolutionary bushes and ladders
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generalized and specialized adaptations
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sexual dimorphism
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concept
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sexual division of labor
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extinction of megafuana theories for
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concept
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subsistence strategies
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ethnoarchaeology
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foraging/hunting & gathering
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mobility/ sedentism/ seasonality
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concept
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lake chad basin
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site
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laetoli
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site
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atapuerca
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site
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zhoukoudian
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site
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blombos cave
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site
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lake mungo
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site
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Folsom and Clovis sites
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site
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Monte Verde I and II
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site
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caverns de pedra prieta
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site
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shanidar cave
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site
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Lascaux caverns
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site
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cosquer cave
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site
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dolni vestonice
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site
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foramen magnum
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things
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Venus figurines
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things
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red ochre
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things
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lapita pottery
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things
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olduwan tools
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stone tools
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acheulian hand axes
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stone tools
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Mousterian tools
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stone tools
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Folsom and Clovis points
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stone tools
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compound tools
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stone tools
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sahul strait
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regions
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beringia
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regions
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Australopithecus
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fossil/ species
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paranthropus
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fossil/ species
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sahelanthropus tchadensis
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fossil/ species
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homo habilis
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species
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homo erectus
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species
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homo heidelbergensis
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species
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homo sapiens neanderthalensis
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species
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the old man of la chapelle-aux-saints
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fossil
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homo sapiens sapiens
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species
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Mesolithic/ archaic/ jomon
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Neolithic
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time period
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natufian
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time period
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subsistence strategies
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concept
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ethnoarchaeology
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concept
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foraging/hunting & gathering
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mobility/sedentism/seasonality
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transitional location s
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grave goods
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concept
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domestication
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agriculture
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theories of domestication
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concept
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storage
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old world and new world
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region
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mesoamerica
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region
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the Levant and the fertile cresent
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region
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vedbaek
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site
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carrier mills (black earth site)
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site
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sannai maruyama
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site
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catalhoyuk
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site
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ain mallaha
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site
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guila naquitz cave
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site
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tehuacan valley
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site
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Abu hureyra
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site
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jericho
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site
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new world domesticates
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thing
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old world domesticates
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thing
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storage pits
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long distance trade items
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thing
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obsidian
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thing
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plastered skulls
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thing
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natufian sickles
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stone tools
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grinding stones
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stone tools
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