Winter Exams ❄️pt 2 Flashcards

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What is excavation?

A

Excavation is when archaeologists dig up the ground to find remains of the past.

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Aerial photograph

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An aerial photograph is a photo taken from the sky, using a helicopter or drone.

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What is radiocarbon dating? 

A

Method of dating based on levels of carbon 14 in tissue

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4
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Mesolithic

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Of the middle Stone Age?

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5
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What’s a Hunter gatherer

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Someone who hunted animals for food, and gathered berries,and nuts 

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What is a geophysical survey ? 

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It’s a survey and what’s underneath the ground like an x-ray 

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Neolithic

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Of The new Stone Age

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8
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What’s the pollen analysis?

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The study of pollen to see what was growing on the side of a particular time period 

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