- Sektör: Archaeology
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The bone forming the vault posterior and much of the basicranium.
Industry:Archaeology
The rock or artifact being modified by the removal of detached pieces. Objective pieces may be cores that are used solely as sources of raw material or they may be tools such as bifaces or flake tools.
Industry:Archaeology
A form of gene interaction in which one gene interferes with the phenotypic expression of another nonallelic gene so that the phenotype is governed by the former gene and not by the latter gene when both genes are present in the genotype.
Industry:Archaeology
Movement of the teeth slowly toward the front of the mouth as the distance between adjacent teeth decreases with interproximal wear.
Industry:Archaeology
Small bone formed within sutures from isolated centers of ossification between major components of the skull vault. Commonly found between occiptal and parietal bones.
Industry:Archaeology
The notch within the hook-like proximal end of the ulna that slides in and out of the olecranon fossa of the humerus.
Industry:Archaeology
(1) Small articulation face, a smooth limited area on a bone. (2) A locale of flake removal from a core, alsocalled a flake scar.
Industry:Archaeology
A member of the family Bovidae, cloven-hoofed ungulates (bison, antelopes, deer, goats, sheep, etc.). Most bones found at African sites are bovid.
Industry:Archaeology
