DelDOT's Cultural Resources -
Archaeology/Historic Preservation
Cultural Resources Glossary
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A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z References I-House - A form of house that is two stories high, one room deep, with roof ridge parallel to the front wall. Illuvation - The movement of colloids, soluble salts, and mineral particles (clay) down through a soil profile through the leaching action of water. IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library Services:) - The Institute of Museum and Library Services is a federal management and regulatory agency that is the primary source of federal support for the nation's libraries and museums. The Institute works at the national level and in coordination with state and local organizations to sustain heritage, culture, and knowledge; enhance learning and innovation; and support professional development of library and museum professionals. (http://www.imls.gov/about/about.shtm 2009) Incipient Ranked Society - A society with a political organization in which some people have higher status than others, but no real extra, or formal power. Incluse - An impressed initial or mark on a tobacco pipe bowl. Inclusions - Mineral, crystalline, or other material that is included within a larger, more uniform rock matrix. Indentured (Servant) - A contract binding one party into the service of another for a specific term. 2 A person bound to work for another for a specified period of time, especially in return for payment of travel and maintenance expenses. Indirect Percussion - In the lithic reduction process, a punch is held against the worked material and the punch is struck a sharp blow with a percussor. Industrial Sash - A window composed of metal frames and wireglass often with hopper windows. In Situ - Position of an artifact or feature as encountered in the soil. From the Latin, meaning "In the original place." Interface - A surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies or spaces. Interproximal - Between the teeth. Intersite - Between sites; often used in the context of comparison. 2 Between, among sites. Intersite Analysis - Analysis between different sites. Intestate - A person who dies without making a will. Intrasite - Within a site. Intrasite Analysis - Analysis within the site. Intrasite Patterning - Horizontal and vertical site structure; focuses on the delineation of task-specific activity areas and site formation processes. Inventory - Information retained in an agency's files or records, either gathered manually or in electronic format survey forms related to historic properties. Ironstone - Sedimentary rock of iron-cemented sand, sometimes referred to as ferruginous quartzite. 2 Hard, refined earthenware with a white body under a clear glaze, introduced in the early nineteenth century and still manufactured today. 3 A hard, sedimentary rock, such as siderite, high in iron content. Isotatic Rebound - The upward recovery of the earth's crust following the removal of a load, such as a glacier. Italianate - The eclectic form of country-house design, fashionable in England and in the United States in the 1840's and 1850's, characterized by low-pitched, heavily bracketed roofs, asymmetrical informal plan, square towers, and often round-arched windows. |
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