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archaeology
First yearjunior cert history
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a man made object | artefact |
| a source from the time, first hand eg a Photo | Primary source |
| a source from sfter the event eg a history book | Secondary Source |
| to be one side | Biased |
| whta is the method used to mearure age of wood by exaning tree rings | Dendrochronology |
| what is the test that can tell you how old any once living object is | Carbon 14 Dating |
| the deeper down in the ground something is the older it is this is called | Stratigraphy |
| a type of machine that can x ray under the ground | a geophysical survey |
| an emergency dig on a site in danger of being destroyed | rescue archaeology |
| the time before written records | prehistory |
| place where artefacts are kept | museum |
| the area where the archaeologist is working | the dig |
| map made of area under digging | site map |
| used to get rid of clay from artefact by shaking | sieve |
| used to dig soil but not big so to be careful | trowel |