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Archaeology Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| archaeology | the study of past cultures and the way people lived based on objects left behind. |
| artifact | man-mad objects that give clues to past cultures. |
| conservation | specialized cleaning and treatment given to artifacts to artifacts to ensure their survival. |
| culture | the unique customs, beliefs and art of a group of people. |
| deed | a legal document stating ownership. |
| ecofact | a natural object such as pollen ao a seed. |
| excavate | to expose or undercover 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 a clay at a high temperature |
| pottery | objects molded from clay and hardened with heat |
| prehistoric site | a place where human activity occurred before written records were kept |
| sieve | a mesh screen or strainer witch allows small particles to pass through, holding back larger particles |
| survey | to take measurements of a tract of land |
| zooarchaeologist | an archaeologist who studies animal bones found on archaeological sites |
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