experimental archaeology

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meaningsofexperimentalandarchaeology

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experimental
adjective
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/ɪkˌsper.ɪˈmen.təl/us
/ɪkˌsper.əˈmen.t̬əl/
using new methods, ideas, substances, etc. that have not been tried before, usually in order to find out what effect ...
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archaeology
noun[U]
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/ˌɑː.kiˈɒl.ə.dʒi/us
/ˌɑːr.kiˈɑː.lə.dʒi/
the study of the buildings, graves, tools, and other objects that belonged to people who lived in the past, in order to learn about their culture ...
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One area in which this is extremely clear is that ofexperimentalarchaeology.
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The rest has been postulated byexperimentalarchaeology, which has shown the most likely form and function of the buildings.
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It can be seen as the analogue ofexperimentalarchaeologyin computing.
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One of the main forms ofexperimentalarchaeologyis the creation of copies of historical structures using only historically accurate technologies.
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As such, he was a major practitioner ofexperimentalarchaeology.
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Specialized inexperimentalarchaeologyand music, in particular that of archaic civilization.
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Inexperimentalarchaeology, researchers attempt to create replica tools, to understand how they were made.
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They have concluded the fired earth objects were used in cooking, a conclusion reached throughexperimentalarchaeology.
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Experimentalarchaeologycan be employed to test hypotheses on tool function by replicating different activities with freshly made tools.
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He was a processual archaeologist who championed the necessity ofexperimentalarchaeologyand hypothesis testing in the exploration of human cultural ecology.
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The reliability ofexperimentalarchaeologyas an information source for use-wear analysis has been tested through multiple blind tests.
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The museum also has an outside area with displays ofexperimentalarchaeology, including reconstructions concerned with prehistoric methods for the transport and construction of megalithic monuments.
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A constant problem in any type ofexperimentalarchaeologyis the cultural distance between the archaeologist and the individual who originally was involved with the metallurgy.
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