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RPA founded in
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1998
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Survey
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Map physical remains of human activity
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In situ
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Material recovered in the place it was originally deposited
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GIS
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Software that allows spatial data to be consolidated
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Horizontal excavation
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Exposes remains at a single point in time
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Vertical excavation
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Exposes the record of a sequence of occupation
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Law of super position
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Each layer is younger than the one beneath it
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Strata
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Discrete layers in a sequence
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Anthropogenic deposits
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Result of human occupation
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Dispositional unit
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Material deposited at a particular point in time
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Datum point
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Used as a reference for depth measurements
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Artifacts
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Object that show human traces
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Ecofacts
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Object that shows geological process or organisms
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Predepositional processes
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Events that take place after a site has been occupied
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Taphonomy
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Study of processes that affect organisms after death
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