Archaelogy Flashcards
What is archaeology
The study if remains
What is history
The study of the past
What does the term prehistory mean
A time before history was recorded and writing wasn’t used
What is a source
Evidence used by historians
What is a primary source
Evidence straight from the past
What is secondary source
Evidence from a later date
What is the time and place rule
To look at how close the source was to the time and place
What is cross checking
Look at as many sources as possible
What does it mean to be bias
When you favour one side of the story over the other
What is propaganda
A way of presenting information to influence people
How many year in a century
100
How May year sin a millennium
1000
What is a census
An official count or survey especially of a population
What tools does an archaeologist use to excavate a site
Trowel- used to scrape away earth
Jcb - used to take off the top soil
Brush - used to take dust and dirt of artefacts
Hand pick - used to loosen soil
What is an artefact
Objects made by humans
What is research archaeology
Sites chosen because it is believed something is there
What is rescue archaeology
Check a site before a new building or road is built.
What is a survey that an archaeologist would take
A study carried out on a site before excavating
What does excavate mean
A term archaeologist use to dig
What is carbon dating
A scientific method used to find the age of an object that one was alive
What is stratigraphy
Objects dated by how deep the were found in the ground
What is dendrochronology
The number of rings in wood tells the age of the wood
How are sites choosen
Some sites are chosen because there is a reason something is to be found this is called research archaeology some sites are chosen because a new road or building is going to be built there this is called rescue archaeology. Some sites are chosen by accident.
Why are Aries photos taken before an archaeologist can dig
To show the size of the site and show features that may have been missed on ground
