The archeologist Flashcards
Geophysical survey
an x ray of the site with a machine to look at the soil below
aerial photograph
a photo of the site taken from the sky (it might show features not visible from ground level)
Rescue archeology
a dig carried out before the construction of a structure
research archeology
a site that is chosen because there is a reason to believe that a artefact is there
artifact
man made objects from the past E.G tools ,coins and weapons.
archeologists
dig up the ground to find clues /evidence from the past left by our ancestors
Post holes
dark patches left by wooden poles the soil
statigraphy
a method of dating artefacts by recording how low down the object was in the soil(the lower the object the older it is)
carbon or radioactive dating
a method of dating artefacts by recording how much carbon14 is in the living thing (the less carbon 14 the older)
Dendrochronology
a method of dating wooden objects by counting the amount of rings on it (the more rings it has the older it is)