The historian & the archaeologist

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Secondary source

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Information or evidence that comes from a date after the event . They are based on primary sources but are produced after the event

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Primary source

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Are taken directly from the past e.g biography artefacts etc.

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AutoBiography

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An account of a person written by that person

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Biography

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The story of a persons life written by another person

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Census

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Counts population

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Bias

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Does the source favour one side or another e.g newspapers can be very biased

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Propaganda

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Presenting false information to influence other peoples decision

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Manuscript

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A book or document written by hand

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Decade

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10 years

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Millennium

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100 years

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Century

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1,000 years

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Archive

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A place containing documents

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Chapter 2

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Chapter 2

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Archaeologist

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Digs up the ground to find clues and evidence left from the past by our ancestors

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Artefact

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Man made objects from the past e.g potery ,coins , tools and weapons

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Research archaeology

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Some sites ar chosen to be excavated because there is reason to believe that an artefact will be found e.g story or reference to the area in the document

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Research archaeology

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Archeologists carry out a dig before construction of a road or building takes place

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Geophysical survey

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Archaeologist X-ray the site with a machine to look at the soil beneath the surface

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Aerial photograph

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A photo of the site taken from the sky . It might show features not visible from the surface

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Post hole s

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Dark patch 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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Stratigraphy

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

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Carbon or radiocarbon dating

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A method of dating artefacts .all living things contain carbon 14. When the living thing dies it slowly loses carbon 14

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Dendrochronolgy

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Is used to date wooden objects . Each year a tree adds a new layer to its trunk these wrings add up to tell us the age of a tree . Archaeologist study ring patterns on wooden objects