The archaeologist

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Rescue archeology

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Is when archaeologists start a dig before builders start constructing

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Research archeology

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Some sites are chosen to be exavated if there is document says that there is an artefact meant to be on that site

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Geophysical survey

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When archeologists get a machine to x-ray the soil beneath

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Aerial photograph

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A photo do the site taken from the sky. Because features might not be visible from the ground.

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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 the house no longer exists.

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Carbon and radiocarbon dating

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A method of dating artefacts. All living things contain carbon-14. When a living thing dies it loses it’s carbon 14. The older the living thing the less carbon 14 in it.

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Dendrochronolgy

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A method of dating wooden objects. Each year a tree adds a ring to its trunk. These rings add up the age if the tree. Archeologists study ring patters to date them.

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Archeologist

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Dig the ground to find clues left by our ansesters

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Artefact

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Man made tools from the past

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Stratigraphy

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A method of dating artefacts. The lower down in the soil they are found the older they are.