1. anthropology the procedure of developing a chronology of arranging remains at a site that produces a consistent pattern 2. method an orderly process or procedure 3. prehistory the study of the human race 4. scientific method time prior to the use of written records 5. seriation the branch of geology that studies the various layers of rock and soil 6. stratigraphy the procedures and processes by which we acquire information

abraham lincoln  (february 12, 1809  – april 15, 1865) was an american statesman, politician, and lawyer who served as the 16th  president of the united states  from 1861 until  his assassination  in april 1865. lincoln led the nation through the  american civil war, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.[2][3]  he preserved the  union,  abolished slavery, strengthened the  federal government, and modernized  the u.s. economy.

australian plates collided into eurasian plates, and the himalayas formed. the andes mountain range the himalayas and the islands of japan form differently. the andes mountain range formed at the convergent boundary of an oceanic plate and continental plate.