Glossary of Terms

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Feature:  A non-portable artifact, e.g. an earth oven and house foundation. 

Foaga:  Samoan for grinding slab. These slabs with a circular depression which was made by repetitive grinding of preforms into adzes 

Formation Processes:  The study of cultural and environmental actions in how they affected the context of artifacts, features and sites, e.g. high rains erode artifacts from the sides of hills, moving them downslope.