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Archaeology
vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Archaeology | The study of past cultures and the way people lived based on objects left behind. |
Artifact | Man-made object that gives clues to past culture. |
Conservation | Specialized cleaning an d treatment given to artifacts to ensure their survival. |
Culture | The unique customs, beliefs and art of an group of people. |
Deed | A legal document stating ownership. |
Ecofact | A natural object such as pollen of a seed. |
Excavate | To expose or uncover by digging. |
Feature | an item people made or used that cannot be moved such as foundation walls and brick walkways. |
Historic site | A place where people who kept written records once lived. |
Kiln | A special type of oven used to bake clay and at high temperature. |
Pottery | objects molded from clay and hardened with the heat. |
Prehistoric Site | A place where human activity occurred before written records were kept. |
Sieve | A mesh screen or strainer which allows small particles to pass through,holding back larger particles. |
Survey | To take measurements of a tract of land. |
Zooarchaeology | An archaeologist who studies animal bones found on archaeological sites. |