| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Someone who studies the life and culture of an ancient people by studying remains | Archaeologist |
| Stealing artifacts from unprotected places. | Looting |
| A copy of an item. | Replica |
| Self Contained Breathing Apparatus. Used to swim under water. | Scuba |
| 13 year old boy. Captain Granville's grandson | C.T. Granville |
| C.T. Granville's grandfather. Captain of the Mimi | Captain Granville |
| Diver who worked for Harvey Westerman. Has artificial leg. Had cancer | Pepper Thornton |
| Archaeologist from Mexico who works with Terry Gibbs | Victor Cobos |
| Mother of Quiche. Archaeologist from the USA | Terry Gibbs |
| 11 yr. old daughter of Terry Gibbs. learned read hieroglyphs | Quiche Gibbs |
| Chief archaeologist at Tulum. Archeoastronomist | Tomas Segovia |
| Person who has had a limb cut off. | Amputee |
| Pain which occurs in an amputated area. | Phantom pains |
| Artificial replacement for a limb | Prosthesis |
| To find the meaning of something unknown. | Decipher |
| A system of writing using symbols or pictures | Hieroglyph |
| Temperature deep inside of a mammal. | Core temperature |
| Process of changing food to energy. | Metabolize |
| Change from liquid to vapor. | Evaporate |
| Amount of moisture held in the air. | Humidity |
| Hard, dark colored glass formed by volcanoes | Obsidian |
| A stone coffin or tomb. | Sarcophagus |
| Things are the same on both sides of a line | Symmetry |
| Someone who studies stars and planets | Astronomer |
| A part of a river or harbor deep enough for a boat to travel | Channel |
| A ridge of coral or sand hear the surface of the water | Reef |
| The day of the Winter Solstice. The shortest day of the year | December 21 |
| Pressure on Earth due to weight of atmosphere. 14.99 pounds per square inch | Atmospheric pressure |
| Pain or paralysis caused by nitrogen bubbles in blood | Bends |
| Symbol or character, usually engraved on something | Glyphs |
| Swimming near surface using a breathing tube | Snorkeling |
| An upright stone slab, A Mayan document | Stela |
| Any object made by a human | Artifacts |
| To break down or separate into parts | Decompose |
| A hieroglyph that identifies a specific Mayan city | Emblem glyph |
| Anything heavy carried in a ship to control depth | Ballast |
| Instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure | Barometer |
| Loss of ability to think clearly due to too much nitrogen | Rapture of the deep |
| A direction in relation to a particular position | Bearing |
| A pair of numbers used to identify a place | Cartesian coordinates |
| Large piece of coral | Coral head |
| Rear end of a boat | Stern |
| A series of rulers coming from the same family | Dynasty |
| A mineral, usually green or white in color | Jade |
| A formal ceremonial act | Rite |
| The energy of light | Luminescence |
| Monuments from ancient times | Antiquities |
| Any unusual item | Curio |
| An object which has survived the past | Relic |
| An ancient road | Sacbe |
| Medicine which stops venom | Antivenin |
| Very powerful | Potent |
| Poison secreted by animals | Venom |
| A medicine man | Curandero |
| A medicine which stops swelling or rash | Cortisone |
| Rock often mad of remains of sea animals. Used as building material | Limestone |
| Small statue | Figurine |
| Large mammal with flippers | Manatee |
| Cutting down and burning land to prepare for crops | Slash and Burn |
| Deep natural well carved out of limestone. Sinkhole | Cenote |
| Anything having to do with food | Nutrient |
| Longtime friends, buddies | Cronies |
| An unknown city. Location where Westerman found artifacts | Sight U |
| Blending in with your environment using similar colors | Camouflage |
| A plant or animal that lives off another | Parasite |
| Sliding down a rope, moving away | Rappelling |
| Containing a lot of water | Succulent |
| Part of a root, stores a lot of water | Tuber |
| 2 organisms living together, each helping the other in some way | Symbiotic |
| Act of obtaining power | Accessian |
| One who studies stars, planets and other heavenly bodies | Archeoastronomer |
| Person who works for another to learn a trade | Apprentices |
| Hardened remains of an animal or plant life from the past | Fossils |
| A triangular stone used in building. Usually above an entrance or window | Gablet |
| A saw with several parallel blades | Gang saw |
| A place where stone for building is excavated | Quarry |
| A person who cuts stone to make walls and buildings | Stonemason |
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