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G_1_12 Verified Modern Frameworks

G_1_12 — Geoarchaeology — Sediments, Soils, and Site Formation Processes

Geoarchaeology applies the principles and methods of earth sciences — geology, geomorphology, sedimentology, soil science, and geochemistry — to archaeological problems, focusing on the geological context of archaeologic

geoarchaeology sediment soil stratigraphy micromorphology site formation
G_2_10 Verified Modern Frameworks

G_2_10 — Zooarchaeology — Animal Bones as Cultural Evidence

Zooarchaeology (also called archaeozoology) is the study of animal remains — primarily bones, teeth, antler, horn, and shell — recovered from archaeological sites, to reconstruct past human-animal relationships, includin

zooarchaeology faunal analysis animal bone archaeozoology taphonomy butchery
R_2_05 Biology & Evolution

R_2_05 — Missing Fossil Record and Punctuated Equilibrium

Darwin himself called the fossil record "the most obvious and gravest objection which can be urged against my theory" — because if evolution occurred through gradual transformation, we should find smooth transitional seq

fossil record transitional fossil missing link punctuated equilibrium Gould Eldredge
M_1_19 Verified Forbidden Archaeology

M_1_19 — Bog Bodies, Ritual Preservation, and Wetland Sacrifice

Bog bodies — human remains naturally preserved in the acidic, oxygen-poor, tannic environment of Northern European peat bogs — constitute one of archaeology's most dramatic categories of evidence. Over 1,000 bog bodies h

bog bodies Tollund Man Lindow Man Grauballe Man Clonycavan Man Old Croghan Man