Examples of Prehistoric in a sentence
Prehistoric materials can include flaked stone tools (e.g. projectile points, knives and choppers) or tool making debris of obsidian, chert, quartzite and other materials; culturally darkened soil (i.e. midden, which often contains heat affected rock, ash and charcoal, shellfish remains, and cultural materials); and stone milling equipment such as mortars, pestles and hand stones.
Human skeletal remains from the historic period, with or without coffins or caskets, including any associated grave goods Prehistoric Native American archaeological materials include: 1.
If encountering one of the following, protect the location from further disturbance:- Prehistoric dwelling sites;- Human remains;- Concentrated historic or prehistoric artifacts; or- Vertebrate, invertebrate, plant and trace fossils.
Archaeological sites and monuments vary greatly in form and date; examples include earthworks of different types and periods, (e.g. early historic ringforts and prehistoric burial mounds), megalithic tombs from the Prehistoric period, medieval buildings, urban archaeological deposits and underwater features.
Prehistoric archaeological site indicators include: obsidian and chert flakes and chipped stone tools; grinding and mashing implements (e.g., slabs and handstones, and mortars and pestles); bedrock outcrops and boulders with mortar cups; and locally darkened midden soils.