Vocabulary I
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| absolute dating | a type of cultural dating when archaeologists decide the age in years of an object
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| relative dating | a type of cultural dating when an object is foud to be older or younger than other objects
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| denrochronology | a type of scientific dating through tree-ring counting
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| prehistory | a record of what happened in the past, including explanations of the events
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| fossil | The remains of or imprint of a print of a plant or animal from the past geoloical age
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| artifact | An object made by humans that is of archaeological or historical interest
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| oral tradition | The legends, myths, and beliefs that a culture passes from generation to generation by word of mouth
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| primary source | Information about events recorded at the time of those events
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| archaeology | The systematic recovery and study of tools, graves, buildings, pottery, and other remains of past human life and culture
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| radioactive dating | A method for determining the age of a once living thing based on the fact that their radioactive carbon content decays at the regular rate
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| kitchen midden | A rubbish heap; including artifacts and bones left in a settlement by people of the past
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