Cranium—Skull (Plural: Crania)
Culture—The total activities and beliefs of a group of individuals which may be separated from other groups on the basis of differences in complexes and original differences in geographical and chronological positions. In an archaeological context, the material remains of a group of people which represent traits which they had in common, which differentiated them from other people. A [Basic Culture] is, as the name implies, one which provides a base or foundation for succeeding cultures. It is essentially a cultural root from which may spring stems and branches.
Deflector—An upright slab, standing between fireplace and ventilator in a pit house or [kiva], designed to protect the fire from inrushing air.
Dendrochronology—A system of establishing an absolute count of years by utilizing the pattern combinations of tree-rings.
Diffusion—The transference of elements of [culture] from one society to another.
Effigy—An image of a living object.
Ethnology—The scientific study of the cultures of living primitive peoples.
Hatchures—Short, closely spaced, parallel lines used in pottery designs.
Hogan—A Navajo house; one room, domed or conically shaped, made of logs, sometimes with stone side walls, usually covered with earth.
Horizon—In a site, a level or stratum. In a [culture], a particular level of development.