- Industry: Archaeology
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A gross counting technique used in the quantification of animal bones. The method may rpoduce misleading results in assessing the relative abundance of different species, since skeletal differences and differential rates of bone preservation mean that some species will be represented more than others.
Industry:Archaeology
A statistical sampling strategy which concentrates on sampling areas on the basis of intuition, historical documentation, or long field experience in the area.
Industry:Archaeology
Chromatin that remains condensed throughout the cell cycle and is generally inactive.
Industry:Archaeology
One of a class of basic proteins that are complexed with DNA in chromosomes and that play a major role in determining the structure of eukaryotic nuclear chromosomes.
Industry:Archaeology
Spherical, rod-shaped, or spiral-shaped, single-cellular or multi-cellular, filamentous prokaryotic organisms.
Industry:Archaeology
A defined unit of rock within a stratigraphic section at the given locality.
Industry:Archaeology
A protein molecule that recognizes and binds to a foreign substance introduced into the organism.
Industry:Archaeology
In the skull, a small bone forming part of the medial orbit wall, between the maxilla and the ethmoid behind it.
Industry:Archaeology
