Archealogist And Historians

Question 1

What is a source

Answer 1

A source is evidence, examples documents and pictures used by historians to find out what really happened

Question 2

What is a primary source

Answer 2

A primary source is something from the (directly)exact date an event happened eg interview diary

Question 3

What is a secondary source

Answer 3

Is evidence from a later date eg movie book documentary

Question 4

Cross examination

Answer 4

Checking different sources to find the correct one

Question 5

Reason to check sources

Answer 5

Bias
Propaganda 
Accuracy 
Exaggeration 
Opinion
Time and place

Question 6

Bias

Answer 6

Favouring one side over another

Question 7

Propaganda

Answer 7

Putting down wrong information to make one side look worse and one side look better

Question 8

Accuracy

Answer 8

Information might be wrong

Question 9

Exaggeration

Answer 9

Making something seem bigger or worse than it actually was

Question 10

Time and place

Answer 10

An old person describing facts 50 years later might forget a bit and someone not there will not have right information

Question 11

Opinion

Answer 11

Separate fact from opinion

Question 12

Archaeology

Answer 12

The study of things left from the past

Question 13

How do objects end up in ground

Answer 13

Lost
Buried under with body or for safe keeping
Buildings were a indeed and covered in soil

Question 14

3 types of research in archaeology

Answer 14

Rescue archeology
Research archeology
Accident

Question 15

Rescue archeology

Answer 15

When a new road or building is being built archaeologist excavate to make sure no object or evidence is lost forever.

Question 16

Research archaeology

Answer 16

Site chosen because of evidence of ancient site there

Question 17

Accident

Answer 17

If a job or farmer finds an object by accident

Question 18

What is the difference between history and pre historic

Answer 18

Historic is written times and pre historic is before writing

Question 19

What preparation is done before excavation

Answer 19

Geophysical survey (like x Ray tells if ground been disturbed
Dig test trenches
Take ariel photographs
Make da tiled plan

Question 20

Equipment use in dig

Answer 20

Trowel 
Hand pick
Brushes 
Sieve 
Job 
Camera

Question 21

What area large group of gold and silver found by archaeologists

Answer 21

A hoard

Question 22

The dig

Answer 22

Topsoil removed by jcb
Land of earth scraped away with trowel
When object are found to make sure not to damage them archaeologists use brushes
Soil is put through sieve to make sure no artefacts missed
Photographs are taken of artefacts

Question 23

Even if no objects are found what can the soil itself tell you about the past

Answer 23

A square dark flat have suggests a fireplace
Timber poles used for building house leave dark round patches that are called post holes
A layer of darker soil may mean the place was destroyed in afire

Question 24

How do archaeologist decide how old an object is

Answer 24

Coin dated
Sword or art from certain period
Stratigraphy 
Carbon or radio carbon dating
Dendrochonology

Question 25

Stratigraphy

Answer 25

Dates an object by the depth at which it is found . Deeper it is the older is is

Question 26

Carbon or radiocarbon dating

Answer 26

To find the age of an object by the amount of carbon present ( all living things have carbon) the older an object is the less carbon it has

Question 27

Dendrochronology

Answer 27

Used to date wooden objects
Every year a tree grows a ring and it age is determined by the number of rings
Archaeologists by studying the patterns can guess the age of an object

Question 28

What can archaeologists learn from skeletons

Answer 28

Sometimes Cause of death
Gender by pelvis and skull
Height by length of femur bone
Age of skeleton told by teeth
Religion goods found with body not Christian
Skull in good condition facial reconstruction

Question 29

In modern years what can archaeologists use to find out more about skeleton

Answer 29

Dna