archaeology Flashcards
accession year
year when a king or queen first comes to power. But before start of calendar year.
AD
the year of our Lord (Anno Domini
Archaeology
study of history
artifact
object made by human being typically an item of cultural or historical context
BC
Before the Lords birth
carbon dating
process that attempts to date objects once living
ceramic
made of clay hardened by heat
chronology
the events of something in he order that they happened.
debris
scattered pieces of wasted remains
EB
early bronze age
exile
being forced to leave ones country
exodus
mass departure of people
hieroglyphs
writing style
LB
(latin for pound) Late bronze
MB
Middle bronze
millennium
a thousand year period
non-accession year
the year a king died his son succeeded him on the throne was counted 1 year of his reighn
pottery
pots, dishes or other articles made from baked clay.
synchronism
the quality or state of being
tell
an artificial mound created by the accumulated refuse and deposits of people who lived on the same site over a long period of time.
what does the word archaeology mean
“beggining word”
why cities where built on hills
for defence
when did people first use coins
600 BC
asiatic
people group from Asia
