1ST YEAR JUNIOR CERT HISTORY
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ARTEFACT | A man-made
An object used by people in the past.
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CARBON DATING | A method used by archaeologists to date artefact by measuring how much carbon is in them.
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PRIMARY SOURCE | Historical information that comes directly from the past.
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SECONDARY SOURCE | Historical information made after the time being studied: second-hand information.
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DENDROCHRONOLOGY | Tree-ring dating.
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STRATIGRAPHY | A method used by archaeologists to date artefacts by the layer of soil in which they were found.
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PRE-HISTORY | The period in history before writing was invented.
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BC | Before Christ
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AD | Anno Domini - In the year of Our Lord.
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CENTURY | 100 years
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MILLENIUM | 1,000 years
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY | A way that archaeologists use to locate a site to excavate using photographs of the land taken from a plane.
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GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY | A way that archaeologists use to locate a site to excavate using metal detectors and electronic probes.
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CENSUS | An official count of the
population.
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EXCAVATION/DIG | The location of an archaeologist’s work.
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MUSEUM | A building in which artefacts are kept in a safe place.
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BIAS | A one-sided view of events
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