Social Studies
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| Potassium-argon Dating | A process used to date objects that are more than half a million years old which measures the amount of potassium and argon in surrounding volcanic rock
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| History | The study of the past
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| Scientific Dating | When an item is given a more exact date in a lab
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| Archaeologist | A scientist who studies artifacts to learn about the past
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| BC | Before Christian Era
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| Prehistory | Before man had a written record of its history
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| Excavation | Process of digging up and archaeological site
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| BCE | Before Common Era
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| Culture | A group of people that are living in the same geographical area that share the same way of life
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| Ad | Anno Domini ( " In the year of the christ" ) used to show modern time
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| Artifacts | Items made by people of the past
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| Radiocarbon Dating | When scientist measure the amount of carbon left after a living thing dies, done to determine age
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| Oral Tradition | The legends, myths and beliefs of a culture handed down by word of mouth
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| Nonwritten Source | A source of information that does not have writing on it
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| Archaeological Record | How archaeologist grid the site first horizontally and then vertically to get all the layers in the site and thus get all the information in the order it was buried
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| Secondary Source | When primary sources are used and interpreted to give information about the past
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| Archaeology | The study of the remains of the past
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| Primary Source | Artifacts and items that come from a specific time period and give information about that time
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| CE | Date designation meaning Common Era, or the last two thousand years of history
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| Cultural Dating | comparing and unknown date/origin with known information to determine how old the object is
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