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significance of the Hunal Tomb

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1995 Robert, Yax Kyuk of Peten origin

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What is Alter Q

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16 figures of rulers
Founding of Copan
K-inich 426 AD

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3
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Point cloud?

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Used in Lidar
Lazers give detailed surface topography

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Lidar

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Distance between object and time reflection
Bare earth: trees and ground surface
Only shows topographic expression

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5
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Optical Scanner

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used in Lidar, mirror
Lasers across swath

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6
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Teosinte

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Balas River
6200 BP

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7
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Copan

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Honduras
Diego 1570
Main group (temples, monuments, plazas)

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Preclassoc

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1800-1500 BC
villages, burials, glyphs

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Classic

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AD 250-900
stela (monuments)
trade etc

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10
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Post classic

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900-1500
Chichen

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Oxygen Isotopes

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18 and 16 O
temp, ocean, elevation, latitude
Residential mobility

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Strontium

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87/86 Sr @70%
reflects geochemical environment of persons early habitat

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13
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human enamel

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0.703-0.740

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14
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C and N isotopes

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change through time
long term diet record 10-20 yrs

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15
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human isotopes

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bone/enamel and collagen

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16
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bone and collagen percentage

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bone 75% collagen 25%

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17
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Bone collagen reflects?

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dietary protein

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18
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15N percentage

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0.37%
Marine higher

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19
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14N percentage

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99%

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20
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Cam path

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succulents, crass acid

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21
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C4 path

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arid, pear, maize , grasses
Higher c13 ratio

22
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C3 path

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CO2 into plant
20-35%
Beats sugars

23
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Isotope effects

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chemical reactions due to mass

24
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Fractionation

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isotope in biological/geochemical systems

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12C percentage
98
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13C percentage
1.1
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14C percentage
0.001 radioactive
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Paleo diet?
portraits of nutrients consumed/absorbed
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Bone analysis
habitat at latter part of life
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isotopic analysis
bones and teeth C,N,Sr
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Archaeological Chemistry
organic/in composition, elements, isotopes, molecules
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Engineered landscape
canals, moats, reservoirs flood/irrigation 11thc
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Radial villages
trackways/rice foundries radial from centre
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Greater Angskor
urbanism into societies Lidar, ground surveys, Centro, sediment Temples, road/canals 11/13c
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Khmer Empire
802-1431AD S Asia
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Jayo
founder of Angkor
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Micro faunal analysis
5 bifaces
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Troy
1600-2000BC Heinrich Schiemann 1871 Turkey Hissarik
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Trojan war
10 yrs, east med
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stratigraphy
layers thickness by natural/human acitivities texture, colour sand silt clay
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geomorphology
earths surface shape determines events
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uniformitarianism
erosion, transport, deposition today same as past
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0 horizon
surface
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A horizon
crumbly
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B horizon
subsoil, minerals
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C horizon
breakdown of material
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soils affected by?
parent, organisms, topography, climate, time
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soils
old buried by later deposits land surface locations
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formation of sediments
weathering of rock, transport, post despositional
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soils/sediments give what
age, landscape, of human occupation chemical/mechanical
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geoarchaeology
earth science study of sediments, sites, landscape evolution and human interaction