| paleobotany
[n] |
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the study
of plants throughout the geologic past
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| paleozoology
[n] |
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the study
of animals throughout the geologic past
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| pollen
[n] |
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a microscopic
plant that carries male genetic material that when combined with female
genetic material creates a seed
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| paleontologist
[n] |
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a scientist
who studies fossilized remains of plants and animals to learn about life
throughout the geologic past
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| paleontology
[n] |
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the study
of fossilized remains of plants and animals to learn about life throughout
the geologic past
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| palynologist
[n] |
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a scientist
who studies pollen
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| palynology
[n] |
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the study
of pollen
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| polyethylene
foam [n] |
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a plastic
material comonly used to line shelves and wrap objects
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| pot sherd
or sherd [n] |
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a broken
piece of pottery
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| prehistoric
[adj] |
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in archaeology:
representing the remains of societies that predate written historical records
(in Illinois, before A.D. 1673)
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| preventive
conservation [n] |
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a method of
protecting objects and keeping them for the future by reducing and monitoring
hazards and risks to collections
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| preserve
[v] |
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to protect
for the future
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| projectile
point [n] |
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a chipped-stone
artifact that was fastened to a shaft and used as a spear, dart, or arrow
tip
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| provenance
or provenience [n] |
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in the arts,
the history of ownership of an object; in anthropology and the natural sciences,
the location where the object or specimen was found or collected as well
as information about the collector.
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| radiocarbon
dating [n] |
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a method used
to measure the age of organic materials based on the level of radioactive
carbon present
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| reception
[n] |
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an event to
celebrate the opening of an exhibit
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| registrar
[n] |
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a person who
makes and keeps records such as accession and catalog records
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| resin
[n] |
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a substance
made from pine trees, seeds of the flax tree, or other plants that is used
in glues, paints, varnishes, or inks
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| repository
[n] |
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a place where
something is deposited or stored
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| sample
[n] |
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a small portion
that represents a larger body of material, knowledge, work, or information
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| scope
[n] |
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the range
of subjects or types of collections in which the Museum is interested (the
scope is determined from the Museum's mission)
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| sediment
[n] |
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loose material
that is deposited or laid down by water, wind, or glaciers
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| silk-screening
[n] |
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a printing
method where ink is pressed through framed silk fabric
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| sites
[n, pl] |
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places or
locations; for example an archaeological site is a place where human activities
took place and a paleontological site is place where pant or animal fossils
are present
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| species
[n] |
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a group of
plants or animals that share a common name and characteristics and that
can interbreed
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| specimen
[n] |
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an individual
rock, fossil, plant, or animal
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| survey
[v] |
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to examine,
investigate, and map land surfaces such as when searching for an archaeological
or geologic site. survey [n]
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| taxonomy
[n] |
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the study
of the classification of specimens such as of plants and animals
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| terrain
[n] |
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the physical
features and characteristics (rocky, rolling, hilly, etc.) of a land area
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| textile
[n] |
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a woven or
knitted fabric or cloth
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| threatened
[adj] |
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at risk of
being reduced to very low population levels
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| topographical
features [n] |
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human-made
and natural features (such as hills, valleys, ridges, and bluffs) on the
land surface
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| trowel
[n] |
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a hand-held
tool with a flat, pie-shaped blade used in archaeology and geology to carefully
remove sediment layers
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| tundra
[n] |
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a flat or
rolling treeless plain found in arctic and subarctic regions, usually with
black mucky soil and permanently frozen subsoil
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| ultraviolet
light [n] |
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short wavelength
light that is beyond the visible spectrum at the violet end; rays of light
that are invisible to the human eye but can damage objects
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| vertebrate
[n] |
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an animal
with a backbone or spinal column
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| zoology
[n] |
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the study
of animals including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects,
spiders, and mollusks (including mussels)
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