Gathering information termenology

Question 1

Artifacts

Answer 1

Artifacts are objects than can be picked up and moved without changing their appearance or structure. An artifact may be a statue, a broken pot, an arrowhead, or an ancient tool.

Question 2

Features

Answer 2

Features are objects that were created by a culture that cannot be moved. These existing features include tombs, temples, walls, roads, and houses.

Question 3

Ecofacts

Answer 3

Ecofacts are any natural objects that are found in the same area as the artifacts. Ecofacts can be bones or seeds.

Question 4

Typology

Answer 4

Typology is the classification of artifacts according to their characteristics.

Question 5

Seriation

Answer 5

Seriation is a relative dating method that places the artifacts of various sites from the same culture in chronological order.

Question 6

Archaeometry

Answer 6

Archaeometry is the use of scientific methods such as radiocarbon dating to determine the age of an artifact. The two major methods used are relative dating and absolute dating.

Question 7

Relative dating

Answer 7

Relative dating gives information about the age of an object in relation to other objects.

Question 8

Absolute dating

Answer 8

Absolute dating determines the age of an object in years.

Question 9

Curators

Answer 9

Curators usually handle objects with cultural, biological, or historical significance, such as sculptures, textiles, and paintings,

Question 10

archivists

Answer 10

archivists handle mainly records and documents that are retained because of their importance and potential value in the future.

Question 11

Archivists

Answer 11

Archivists collect, organize, and maintain control over a wide range of information deemed important enough for permanent safekeeping.