Archaeology Definitions
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 archaeology | the study of material remains such as graves, tools,and pottery from past human life & culture |
| artifacts | weapons or tools or other things made by humans |
| fossil | trace or imprint of a plant or animal that has been preserved in rock |
| anthropologist | scientist who studies the physical characteristics and cultures of humans & their ancestors |
| prehistory | before writing |
| excavation | act or process of digging , to hollow out |
| paleolithic | the cultural period belonging or being from the earlist chipped stone tools |
| kitchen midden | human kitchen garbage |
| pottery shard | piece of broken pottery found in an archaeological dig |
| primary source | first hand pieces of evidence that was written or made at an event (by an eyewitness) |
| secondary source | something made or written after the event (not by an eyewitness) |
| historian | person who studies and writes about the human past |
| Precambrian Era | time period about 4 1/2 billion years ago |
| cultural dating | process of gathering information. Archaeologist use this method when comparing objects they already have. absolute dating or relative dating |
| scientific dating | objects are dated more accuratly by analyzing them in a lab ex. dendrochronology, radio carbon dating. |
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