Archaeology Flashcards

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Primary sources

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Pieces of evidence from the time that we are talking about

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Secondary sources

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Pieces of evidence from after the time that we are talking about

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Artefact

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Any object made by humans

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Archaeology

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The recovery of material evidence from the past

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Archaeologist

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A person who studies human behaviour and cultures of the past through the recovery and analysis of artefact’s

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LiDAR imaging

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Light detection and ranging examines the surface of the earth and makes a model of it

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Carbon 14 dating

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A way of estimating the age of a once living thing by measuring the amount of carbon inside of it

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Stratigraphy

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The examination of artefacts and where they are found at different levels

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Dendrochronology

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Measuring how old trees are based on the amount of rings that they have

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10
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Bias

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One sided

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Propaganda

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Selective use of information

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