Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (598 page)

The regular horizontal grooving on the flange of some types of mortaria and on the rim of some types of bowl.

 
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The hall or room in which meals were taken in a monastic establishment.

 
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The reassembly of conjoining stone or flint debitage and cores to reconstruct ancient lithic technologies and core reduction strategies.

 
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A small but powerful bow made such that, until strung, the ends of the bow project forwards rather than backwards.

 
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Decorative or architectural style current from about ad 1810 to 1839. Succeeded by Victorian architecture.

 
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A geographically defined area in which ecological adaptations are basically similar.

 
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Established in 1998 as the successor to the
SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ARCHAEOLOGISTS
, ROPA is the professional archaeological institute in America. Its aim is to establish, support, and maintain professional and ethical standards in all aspects of archaeological work. It offers a certification process whereby professional archaeologists, students, teachers, amateur archaeologists, and all those interested in archaeological education and research can become registered archaeologists. In doing so they agree to abide by a set of ethical codes and research standards. Registration allows the use of the distinction RPA.

 
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