objectivistic archaeojargon generator

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Worksheet for the generation of either scientific sounding archaeological, geomorphological, or geological jargon (technobabble)

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  • Objectivistic Archaeojargon Generator by Dr. R. T. Fact (to create the desired jargon, join words from each column in A-B-C sequence)

    ColumnA aboriginal adaptive Altithermal anti Antebellum Archaic archaeo bio Caddoan calibrated Ceramic Classic Clovis chronocentri c contemporary critical crypto decontextual i zed discontinuous emergent empirical ethno etymologenic feminist Folsum formal geo Historic hyper impoverished individualistic interpretive intra irreducible irrefutable macro marginal Marxist Mayan meso meta micro Mississippian mitigated I unmitigated modified multi neo objectivistic paleo preliminary post pre prehistoric Protohistori c pseudo radiocarbon random relative revised sedentary semantic social stratified symbolic traditional trans Woodland zoo

    (e.g. unmitigated archaeological babble) Column 8 agricultural anomalous archaeological architectural artifactual artistic botanical bifacial ceremonial chronological crematory cultural differential economic ecologic en tropic epistemologic evidential exchange extraction faunal fortified flake floral fluted fractual gender geological geon1orphical gradual historical Holocene hunting Indian integrated isotopic lithic linguistic locational magnetic mechanical metaphorical methological middle-range mobile mound Native Plains Pleistocene phased processual procurement production relati vi sti c religious salvage scheduling settlernent skeletal steady-state step-wise stratigraphic structuralist social subsistence theory-laden vegetative village

    Column C analysis American approach archaeology artifact assemblage assembly babble biface change classification comparison complex constraints context critique data dating description design development dissertation document ethnography epistemology evidence feature field focus graver hegemony holism

    ~deology ISSUe knowledge locale material modeling morphometry narrative nomenclature objectivism orientation paradigm pattern practice projectile point reassessment record remain resource site station strategy study survey taxonomy technology theory thesis tradition trajectory transformation technique toolkit typology utilization workshop