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HISTORIAN KEYWORDS
1ST YEAR JUNIOR CERT HISTORY
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ARTEFACT | A man-made An object used by people in the past. |
| CARBON DATING | A method used by archaeologists to date artefact by measuring how much carbon is in them. |
| PRIMARY SOURCE | Historical information that comes directly from the past. |
| SECONDARY SOURCE | Historical information made after the time being studied: second-hand information. |
| DENDROCHRONOLOGY | Tree-ring dating. |
| STRATIGRAPHY | A method used by archaeologists to date artefacts by the layer of soil in which they were found. |
| PRE-HISTORY | The period in history before writing was invented. |
| BC | Before Christ |
| AD | Anno Domini - In the year of Our Lord. |
| CENTURY | 100 years |
| MILLENIUM | 1,000 years |
| AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY | A way that archaeologists use to locate a site to excavate using photographs of the land taken from a plane. |
| GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY | A way that archaeologists use to locate a site to excavate using metal detectors and electronic probes. |
| CENSUS | An official count of the population. |
| EXCAVATION/DIG | The location of an archaeologist’s work. |
| MUSEUM | A building in which artefacts are kept in a safe place. |
| BIAS | A one-sided view of events |