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Archaeology (Sparta)

Archaeology vocabulary

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Archaelogist A scientist who studies how people lived hundreds and thousands of years ago
Artifacts Objects made by humans. Examples: coins, clothing, tools.
Archaeological Site A place where ancient people lived, worked, or left things they made. Examples: the pyramids of Egypt.
Culture The total way of life of a particular group including its art, literature, religion, philosophy, sports, clothing, politics, and customs.
Cultural Dating The process used by archaeologists when they compare objects they find with information they already have
Cultural Diffusion The process in which different cultures come in contact with one another and exchange goods and ideas
Dendrochronology The oldest form of scientific dating;tree-ring counting
Digs Places where archaeologists dig to search for ancient artifacts, buildings and cities
Excavation The process of digging up remains from the past
Fossils The remains or imprints of once-living plants and animals
Midden Ancient peoples rubbish
Oral Tradition Legends,myths,and beliefs passed on by word of mouth from generation to generation
Potassium-Argon Dating The technique used to determine the age of ignorganic material,usually volcanic rocks
Prehistory History before the developement of writing
Primary Sources Sources produced during the same time period as the events they described
Radiocarbon Dating The technique in which the radioactive carbon conent of an archaeological discovery is measured to determine the object's age
Secondary Sources Materials created at a later time by people who studied the original sources
Stratigraph The study of the remains that are found in various layers or soil and rock
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