archaeological feature

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archaeological
adjective
uk
/ˌɑː.ki.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌɑːr.ki.əˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
involving or relating ...
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feature
noun
uk
/ˈfiː.tʃər/us
/ˈfiː.tʃɚ/
a typical quality or an important part ...
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(Definition ofarchaeologicalandfeaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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How does one decide, for example, whether anarchaeologicalfeatureor a building is an intrinsic element in the wider landscape?
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The matrix (the soil from a suspectedarchaeologicalfeature) is slowly added to agitated water.
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The diorama forces us to think and act relationally, and to construct material contexts that consist of more than archaeological things connected to archaeological features.
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Archaeological features confirm these changes and also reveal unpartitioned domestic space yielding to geometric courtyard farmsteads where people and animals lived in separate quarters.
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The emphasis should be on how excavation transforms physical deposits into interpreted archaeological features.
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The archaeological features were marked and drawn to a scale of 1:40.
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Like all archaeological features, terreros are subject to destruction.
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Of course, it may occasionally be possible to speculate that anarchaeologicalfeature, say, the remains of a fence, may have expressed some legal concept, e.g. ownership of property.
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Our intention was that archaeological features should be covered.
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We believe that this is fully sufficient to allow payments to be made for the conservation of historic landscapes and the preservation of historic and archaeological features.
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It is a little hard to put into a tenancy agreement a covenant relating to the protection of the landscape, the protection of wildlife and archaeological features.
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Such action was taken because of the development's possible effects on the landscape and archaeological features of the area, and on the character and appearance of the listed buildings.
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Numerous archaeological features, including pits, postmolds, hearths, firebeds and ash layers, have also been identified.
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Archaeological features whose electrical resistivity contrasts with that of surrounding soils can be detected and mapped.
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Archaeological features such as shell middens, discarded fish bones and cave paintings show that sea foods were important for survival and consumed in significant quantities.
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Historic human management of the wood is evidenced by archaeological features such as earthworks and the remains of sawpits, chalk pits and a charcoal hearth.
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There are numerous cairns, house platforms and other archaeological features scattered across the area.
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Archaeological features can be mapped when they are of higher or lower resistivity than their surroundings.
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An analysis of the site, set within the context of the archaeological features and animal and plant remains, would suggest a settled agrarian community.
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