The Historian/ The Archaeologist Flashcards

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History

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Study of the past

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Prehistory

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The period of time before writing

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Archaeology

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The study of remains left from the past

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Historical consciousness

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Being able to place ourselves in a time of history

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Cross checking

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more than one source is used to make sure the information is correct.

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historical repository

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a place where evidence of the past can be stored and maintained, for example artefacts, government documents, manuscripts or photographs.

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Archive

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a place that catalogues and stores a collection of written and other sources.

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Museum

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a place that collects and displays objects for public education and appreciation.

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Primary source

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is a source from the time in question; a first-hand account of what happened.

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Secondary source

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is a source from a later date, after the time in question.

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Artefact

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is any human-made object, e.g. pottery, a tool or a weapon, such as a spear.

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Census

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is an official survey of a population.

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Biography

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is an account of a person's life written by
someone else.

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Autobiography

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is an account of a person's life written by the person themselves.

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Handling box

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a box containing replicas (copies) of artefacts, so that anyone can examine them without damaging an original.

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16
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Accuracy

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judging how correct the information you are using is.

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Bias

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when an account is not balanced, but unfairly favours one side.

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Exaggeration

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when something is represented as better or worse than it actually was.

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Propaganda

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information that has been designed to influence the attitudes and behaviours of the general public.

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Chronology

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put events into the sequence in which they happened.

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Excavation

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when archaeologists dig up the ground to find evidence left by people in the past

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Aerial photograph

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a photograph taken of the ground from an elevated position, for example from a helicopter or drone

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Radio carbon dating

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a method of dating based on the falling levels of carbon-14 in tissue over time

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Mesolithic

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of the Middle Stone Age

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Hunter gatherer
someone who hunted animals for food and gathered berries and nuts
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Geophysical survey
a survey of what's underneath the ground, like an x-ray of the ground
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Neolithic
of the New Stone Age
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Pollen analysis
the study of pollen remains to find out what was growing at a site during a particular time period
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Stratigraphy
a method of dating artefacts and evidence by how deep in the ground they were when found
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Dendrochronology
a method of dating that uses the unique growth patterns of tree rings as a quide
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Iron Age
the period of time when people made tools and weapons from iron
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Conservation
when historic objects are protected and preserved so that they do not decay