Archeology Flashcards

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What are artifacts?

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Artifacts are objects made by people.

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What is archeology?

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Archeology is the study of past human life as revealed by preserved relics.

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What is Aristotle’s dictum?

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The benefit of the doubt is to be given to the document itself, not assigned by the critic to himself.

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What is the internal test?

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The internal test is a test to see whether or not the document is internally consistent.

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What is the external test?

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The external test is a test to see whether or not the document contradicts other known historical facts.

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What is the bibliographic test?

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The bibliographic test is a test that attempts to determine whether or not the version of the document that exists is a faithful representation of the original.

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What is a known age?

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A known age is an age of an artifact determined by a date printed on it or a reference to it in a work of history.

Known ages are the only certain ages in archeology.

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What is dendrochronology?

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Dendrochronology is the process of counting tree rings in order to determine the age of a tree.

Ages determined by dendrochronology are upper ages for the age of an artifact.

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What is radiometric dating?

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Radiometric dating is the use of a radioactive substance to determine the age of an artifact.

Radiometric dating is not a very reliable dating method.

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What is absolute age?

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Absolute age is the calculated age of an artifact determined by a specific dating method.

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What is the Principal of Superposition?

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When artifacts are found in rock or earth that is layered, the deeper layers hold the older artifacts.

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