Archaeologist 2 Flashcards
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Stratigraph
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Stratigraphy - a method of dating artefacts.the lower down on the soil they are found the older they are
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Post- holes
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Dark patches left by wooden poles in the soil
They might show the outline of a house even though it does not exist
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Carbon or radiocarbon dating
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a method of dating artefacts.all living things contain carbon 14 . When living things die it begins to lose carbon 14. The older the object the less carbon 14 in it
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Dendrochronology
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A method of dating wooden objects each year a tree adds a new ring to it s trunk . These rings add up to tell us the age of the tree. Archaeologists study rings patterns on wooden objects to date them
