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Historical Analysis

Unit one first concept of how history is organized and how we get data.

TermDefinition
Archeologist A historian that studies artifacts to learn about other cultures
Artifact A handmade object, as a tool, or remains of one as a shard of pottery, characteristic of an earlier tiem
Geologist A historian that studies the physical history of earth
Climatologist a historian that studies weather patterns of an area
Secondary Source A source that is created or written by a person that was not apart or at an event.
Century period of 100 years
Era a period of time in the early stone ages that has characteristics of stone tools and later antler and bone artifacts, engravings on bone and stone, sculpted figures, and paintings and engravings on the walls of caves and rock shelters
Credible Believable
Pre-history Before written history
Primary Source A source that was created or written by a person that was at the event
Decade Period of 10 years
Millennium Period of 1,000 years
Mesolithic a time in the middle of the stone ages that is characterized by adaptation to a hunting collecting, and fishing economy based on the use of forest, lakeside, and seashore environments
Neolithic a time at the end of the stone ages that is marked by the domestication of animals , the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles
AD Latin abbreviation for "Anno Domini" which is translated as "in the year of our Lord"
BC Before Christ
BCE Before the Common era - Same as BC
CE Common Era - Same as AD
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