Chapter 1 : Finding out about the past

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Secondary sources

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Provides second hand evidence, written by somebody who wasn’t there

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Historians

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People who study and write about the past

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Biased

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One-sided

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Autobiography

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Life story that someone wrote about themselves

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Propaganda

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Promoting ideas of a particular occasion

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Objective

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Look at the story from different points of view

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Memoirs

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An account of personal experiences

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Where are artefacts and written facts stored

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Museums and archives

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Archaeology

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The study of what people have left behind

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Pre-history

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The earliest period of history before written records were kept

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Archaeologists

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Those who seek and study ancient artefacts

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Artefacts

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Man made objects

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Stratigraphy

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The study of the artefacts under the soil

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Crop marks

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Ancient remains such as ditches, walls and ancient buildings. Seen with aerial photography

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Geophysical surveys

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Uses metal detectors to pick up objects or features under ground

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Field walking

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Walking over the site and looking for tiny objects that may be of interest

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Local knowledge

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Old maps, oral evidence or nearby finds will lead an archaeologist to a particular area

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Salvage archaeology

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When archaeologists have to quickly search land before pipe laying

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The dig

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Archaeologists seal off area to make sure no artefacts are stolen and to ensure no damage to the site. Site is then prepared for dig, slow and painstaking job, have to be careful not to break or miss any artefacts. First topsoil is removed,site grid is drawn each square given a number and letter any artefacts location is marked clearly on the grid

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Tools

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Trowel, sieve, brush, toothbrush, photographic scale, label, polythene bag

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Carbon-14 dating

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Every living thing contains it, a chemical, when it dies it decreases, accurate up to 50,000 years

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Dendrochronology

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Study of tree rings, every ring represents a year, thick ring means warm and wet weather, thin means drought

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Primary source

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Source made or written at the time the event took place