Key Terms

Question 1

Anthropologist

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Studies the human species

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Archaeology

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Study of ancient things

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Artefact

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Any object made or used by human beings

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Bias

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Influence/prejudice

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Dendrochronology

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Study of tree ring patterns to determine age

1 ring = 1 year

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Ekkyklema

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Stage machinery.
A low trolley on wheels rolled through the central doors of the skene. Alternatively, may have been a revolving platform.

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Epigraphy

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Study of inscriptions on stone

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Niche

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Recess in a wall

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Seriation dating

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Relative dating technique

Orders artefacts chronologically

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Steps of Charon

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Stage device/trapdoor

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Deus ex machina

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Crane like machine with pulley and ropes

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Primary source

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First hand account

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Secondary source

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Constructed after an event occurs

Analysis and interprets primary sources

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Evidence

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Available facts/information which helps support/disprove something

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History

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Events which shape today’s society
Changing of past cultures and the way they interact
Study of past events

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Grid system

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Divides into boxes. Baulks provide a vertical record of the stratum

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Open area excavation

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Focuses on horizontal layers and the relationship between each stratum

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Stratigraphy

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Study of the strata, with different layers indicating different time periods

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Relative dating

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Determined the age of an object in relation to another

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Typology

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Study of types/texts and symbols

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Carbon dating

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Looks at the carbon-14 and carbon-12 ratio. C-14 decays over time

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Thermoluminescence dating

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Measures the radiate emitted (by ceramics) when it is heated

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Historiography

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Study of written histories

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Absolute dating

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Determines the age of an artefact within a timescale allowing the EXACT age to be noted

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Numismatics

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Study of currency

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Epigrapher

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Studies inscriptions

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Palaeontologist

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Fossil studies

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Architect

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Designs and supervises construction

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Forensic pathologist

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Determines cause of death

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Papyrologist

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Studies literature written on papyrus

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Botanist

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Studies plants

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Geochemist

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Studies chemical composition of the earth

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Radiologist

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Use high energy radio devices to identify diseases

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Ceramist

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Studies artefacts made from fired clay

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Numismatist

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Studies historical currency

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Zoologist

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Study of animals/faunal remains

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Climatologist

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Studies the changing climate of the past

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Volcanologist

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Study of: Volcanoes, lava, magma Geological, physical and chemical matter

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Heritage

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Features belonging to the culture of a particular society

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In situ

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In its original place

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Historians

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Relies on written sources, historians collect, analyse and interpret written sources. 2500 years

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Archaeologists

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Examine physical remains of the past to reconstruct moments in history 200 years