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Stadia Rod: ᓱᖅᑳᖅᑕᐅᑦ: Suqqaaqtaut: Règle stadimétrique
A surveying instrument consisting of a shaft marked off in units of metres and
centimetres, and used in conjunction with a transit to create a contour map of an
archaeological site, or to record the vertical provenience of an artifact.
Stratification: ᖃᓕᕇᒃᑐᑦ: Qaliriiktut: Stratification
Refers to something that occurs in layers or strata. In archaeology, stratified sites
have two or more layers of cultural deposits superimposed on one another.
Stratified: ᖃᓕᕇᒃᑐᑦ: Qaliriiktut: Stratifié(e)
See Stratification, Unstratified.
Stratigraphy: ᖃᓕᕇᖕᓂᖓᒍᑦ ᐱᑐᖃᐅᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᖅ: Qaliriingningagut
pituqauninganik qaujisarniq: Stratigraphie
A technique used to establish a cultural chronology. The analysis and interpretation
of it is based on the stratification, or layering, of cultural and/or geological
deposits, and the law of superposition, which states that a lower layer (stratum) is
older than a higher layer.
Stratum: ᖃᓕᕇᖕᓂᐅᑉ ᐃᓛᒃᑰᕐᓂᖓ: Qaliriingniup ilaakkuurninga: Strate
Descriptive term used in reference to something occurring or found in a layer.
Multiple layers are referred to as strata.
Strata: ᐃᓗᐃᒃᑲᖅ: Iluikkaq: Strates (pl.), strate (sing.)
The plural form of the word stratum. In archaeology, the term strata is used to
refer to two or more layers. See Stratum, Level.
Striations: ᕿᐳᖅᑭᕐᓃᑦ: Qipuqqirniit: Striations
Microscopic scratches on stone or bone tools that are studied to understand the
ways in which the tools were used. See Microwear.
Subsistence Economy: ᐃᓅᓇᓱᐊᕈᑎᑦ: Inuunasuarutit: Économie de subsistance
The methods by which a group of people obtain the food, shelter and clothing
necessary to support life.
Surface Collecting: ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑐᖅᑕᕐᓂᖅ: Saqqijaaqtuqtarniq: Collecte de surface
The recovery of artifacts and other archaeological remains found on the surface of
the ground, without excavation.
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