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Above Sea: ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᖃᕝᕙᓯᒃᑎᒋᓂᖓ: Tariurmit qanuq qavvasiktigininga:
Au-dessus du niveau de la mer
Usually abbreviated as “A.S.L.” Refers to the elevation (in feet or metres) of a site,
feature, or landform above mean sea-level (the level of the surface of the sea
midway between high and low tide).
Absolute Dating Methods: ᖃᖓᓕᓴᐅᖕᒪᖔᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓲᑎᑦ: Qangalisaungmangaat
qaujinasuutit: Méthodes de datation absolue
In archaeology, methods used to date archaeological sites and specimens to a
specific time or time period. Examples of absolute dating methods are
dendrochronology, and radiocarbon dating.
Absolute Date: ᖃᖓᓕᓴᓪᓚᕆᐅᓂᖓ: Qangalisallariuninga: Date absolue
A date that is expressed in terms of specific units of time, such as years, centuries
or millennia. Absolute dates obtained using radiometric dating methods provide a
range of dates rather than a single, exact date (e.g. 700 ± 65 BP). Compare to
Relative Date.
Active Layer: ᓄᓇᐅᑉ ᐊᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖓ: Nunaup auqattarninga: Couche active
In areas of permafrost, the upper layer of soil that thaws each summer and refreezes
during the winter. The poor condition of organic artifacts often found in the
active layer is the result of this annual freeze-thaw cycle.
Activity Area: ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᕕᓂᖅ/ᑭᓱᓕᕆᕝᕕᕕᓂᖅ: Pilirivviviniq/kisulirivviviniqt: Aire
d’activités
An area within a site (or feature) where the patterning of artifacts or ecofacts
indicates that one or more specific activities took place there. For example, an
observed association of bone or antler flaking tools, stone core fragments, stone
flakes and debitage would define an activity area in which stone tool manufacture
took place.
AD: ᔩᓱᓯ ᐃᓅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ: Jiisusi inuusimaliqtillugu: Ap. J.-C.
See Anno Domini.
Adaptation: ᓱᖏᐅᓯᒪᓂᖅ/ᐃᓕᑦᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᖅ: Sungiusimaniq/ilittuqsimaniq: Adaptation
The process of change through which an organism or species becomes adjusted to
its environment.
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