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Chapter 1
Finding out about the past
Term | Definition |
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Artefact | a man-made object |
Carbon dating | a method used by archaeologists to find out about the past |
Primary source | a source made or written at the time the event took place |
Secondary source | a second hand source, written or made by someone who was not a witness to the event |
Pre-history | this is the period in history before written records were kept |
Rescue/salvage archaeology | when archaeologists carry out an emergency dig on a site that is in danger of being destroyed |
Census | a survey of population numbers in a country at a particular time |
Museum | a place where artefacts from the past are kept |
Archive | a place where documents from the past are stored |