Archaeology Flashcards
Primary sources
Pieces of evidence from the time that we are talking about
Secondary sources
Pieces of evidence from after the time that we are talking about
Artefact
Any object made by humans
Archaeology
The recovery of material evidence from the past
Archaeologist
A person who studies human behaviour and cultures of the past through the recovery and analysis of artefact’s
LiDAR imaging
Light detection and ranging examines the surface of the earth and makes a model of it
Carbon 14 dating
A way of estimating the age of a once living thing by measuring the amount of carbon inside of it
Stratigraphy
The examination of artefacts and where they are found at different levels
Dendrochronology
Measuring how old trees are based on the amount of rings that they have
Bias
One sided
Propaganda
Selective use of information