Investigating The Ancient Past Flashcards
What is the difference between a source and evidence?
A source is a written or non written item that provides information about the past and evidence is information found in a source that approves or disproves something.
What are linguists?
Linguists are people who study the nature and structure of language, how it has changed over time and the language styles used in certain types of documents and in particular time periods.
What are Anthropologists?
Anthropologists are people who study human development, including human origin, behaviour, and physical, social and cultural development.
What are Cryptographers?
Cryptographers are people who study, create and decipher codes and writing systems.
What are Scientific Experts?
Use the sciences (especially chemistry and biology) and scientific methods (e.g. DNA analysis) to provide evidence about such things as artefacts or human remains and check their authenticity.
What are palaeontologists?
Palaeontologists investigate plant and animal fossils to study the biology of past life forms.
How many types of evidence are there?
Four types.
Name all types of evidence.
Oral, visual, written and physical.
What is stratigraphy?
Stratigraphy is the distinct layers of material beneath the earth, built up over time, that provide information for archaeologists and geologists and is useful for investigating the past because each layer of objects represent a different time period.
what dating method would be. used to date a clay pot?
thermoluminesence
what dating method would be used to date a leather bag?
radio carbon
what dating method would be used for a fossil?
radio carbon
what dating method would be used for bone?
radio carbon
what dating method would be used for a tree
dendochronology
what dating method would be used for a stone from a fireplace?
thermoluminesence
What dating method would be used for a wooden hut?
dendochronology
Why is it important for historians and archaeologists to have an accurate knowledge of the age of their sources?
it would is important so that they can gather correct information about the source, and therefore history can be recorded in a more accurate way.
How can a source be both primary and secondary?
A source can be primary and secondary because take our textbook for e.g. if you were studying history learning/teaching in 2015 then the book would be a primary source and if u were studying ancient Egypt it would be a secondary source.
Explain why a primary source is necessarily better than a secondary source
Sometimes a primary source can be unbelievable/bias/be exaggerated and a secondary source may provide a wider perspective of info.
how do you analyse a source?
You define whether it’s primary or secondary, visual, written, oral or physical, search for the evidence from the source and create a hypothesis on the source.
What are the tips miss owers gave you?
read source material carefully, highlight important info. or interesting, be specific with answers, whether it’s a article, mag, Internet
Define archaeologist
archaeologists investigate the past by digging up objects left by earlier societies and civilisations.
