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Radiometric Dating: ᐆᒪᓂᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᓄᑖᐅᖏᓐᓂᖅᓯᐅᖅᑕᐅᓂᖅ: Uumaniqtigut
nutaunnginniqsiuqtauniq: Datation radiométrique
Any of several techniques for archaeological dating based on the constant rate of
decay of radioactive isotopes. Dates produced by all radiometric dating methods
are estimates that contain a degree of error known as a standard deviation. As a
result, these techniques estimate a range of time within which the event took place
(e.g. 550 ± 65 radiocarbon years B.P.).
Raw Material: ᓱᕐᕇᑦᑐᖅ: Surriittuq: Matière première
Term used to describe the substance from which an artifact is made (e.g. bone,
ivory, antler, wood, skin, etc.).
Reburial: ᐃᓗᕕᕐᒦᓐᓂᑯᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖏᑦ: Iluvirmiinnikut utiqtitauningit: Réenterrement
The placing of human remains and their associated grave goods in their original
grave site after they have been excavated or moved.
Refitting: ᐃᕕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ: Iviqtittiniq: Réassemblage
The process of refitting pieces of broken artifacts. Typically done with pottery
fragments (sherds), but archaeologists can also refit stone flakes from a single
core, or the fragments of single bone. By doing so, archaeologists obtain valuable
information about past human behaviours.
Relative Date: ᒥᒃᓴᐅᓴᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ: Miksausaktausimajuq: Date relative
An estimate of the age of an archaeological site or feature relative to another site
or feature.
Relative Dating Methods: ᒥᒃᓴᐅᓴᐃᓂᖅ: Miksausainiq: Méthodes relatives de
datation
A method of dating archaeological remains that tells you only whether an object,
component or site is older than, younger than, or the same age as something else.
Relative dates do not, however, indicate how much older or younger an object or
site is. The most common technique of relative dating is stratigraphy. Compare
Absolute Date.
Relocation: ᓄᒃᑎᖅᑕᐅᓂᖅ: Nuktiqtauniq: Déterrement et réenterrement
The placing of human remains and their associated grave goods in a grave site
other than their original.
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