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Chapter 1
Finding Out About the Past
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Artefact | a man made object |
| Carbon Dating | a method used by archaeologists to date objects |
| Primary source | a source made or written at the time the event took place |
| Secondary source | a second hand source, written or made by someone who was not a witness to the event |
| Pre-history | this is the period of history before written records were kept |
| Rescue/salvage archaeology | when archaeologists carry out an emergency dig on a site that is in danger of being destroyed |
| Census | a survey of population numbers in a country at a particular time |
| Museum | a place where artefacts from the past are kept |
| Archive | a place where documents are kept |