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GLOSSARY <br />Aboriginal A material object made by aboriginal <br />Artifact inhabitants of an area. <br />Anasazi An encompassing cultural tradition centered <br />in the Four Corners region of the south - <br />western United States which includes the <br />Chaco, Mesa Verde or northern San Juan and <br />Kayenta subdivisions. It appears to have <br />begun around I AD or slightly earlier. <br />Archaic <br />Artifact <br />Avoidance <br />Chipped Stone <br />Debitage <br />Feature <br />Flake <br />A continent -wide cultural tradition with <br />an economy based on the procurement of <br />many plants and animals. This tradition <br />began with the termination of the Paleo- <br />Indian tradition and continued in some <br />areas until White contact. <br />A material object made or modified in part <br />by man. Among the most common artifacts on <br />archaeological sites are fragments of <br />broken pottery (sherds) and stone tools, <br />chips, projectile points, and similar <br />lithic debris. <br />Active attempts to avoid threatened <br />resources by partial or complete project <br />redesign or relocation. <br />Any artifact produced by the application <br />of force to stone. <br />Residual lithic material resulting from <br />tool manufacture. Debitage is sometimes <br />used to determine techniques and show <br />technological traits. <br />Euro- American Any artifact made by a technology not <br />Artifact available to aboriginal occupants. <br />An area in or on the ground where evidence <br />of past human activity can be seen or <br />detected. Among the most frequent <br />features at archaeological sites are fire <br />pits, storage pits, burial pits, hard - <br />packed house floors, and post holes. <br />Any piece of stone removed from a larger <br />mass by the application of force, either <br />intentional, accidental, or by nature. <br />l5 <br />APR 9 1980 <br />