The Archaeologist

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Artefact

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Man made objects from the past eg: pottery,coins,tools and weapons

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Archaeologist

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They study of what has been left behind by people from the past. They find clues/evidence

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Research archaeology

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Some sites are chosen to be excavated because there is reason to believe that an artefact will be found eg: story or reference to the area in a document.

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Geophysical survey

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Archaeologists x-Ray the site with a machine to look at the soil beneath.

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Rescue archaeology

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Archaeologists carry out a dig before construction of a new road or building taken place.

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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 ground level

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Post holes

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Dark patches 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 in the soil they are found the older they are.

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Carbon or Radiocarbon

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A method of dating artefacts. All living things contain carbon-14. When the living thing dies it begins to lose carbon-14. The older the object,the less carbon-14 in it.

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Dendrochronology

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A method of dating wooden objects. Each year a tree adds a new ring to its trunck. These rings add up to tell us the age of the tree. Archaeologists study ring patterns on wooden objects to date them.