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Archaeology Vocab
Term | Definition |
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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 |