Archaeology Vocab Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Archaeology | to study what is ancient |
artifact | object created or produced by humans then left behind |
bog | wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter (acidic soil) |
coprolites | preserved feces (POOP) |
decompose | to break down or rot |
dendrochronology | study of of tree rings to date wooden remains |
excavate | to remove or expose by digging |
locus | a specific location in which artifacts are found |
Mt. Vesuvius | volcano located between the cities of Pompeii and herculaneum, erupted |
Pompeii | Roman city destroyed in 79 A.D by the vocanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius |
preserve | to keep an item in tact (uninjured) so that it will not decay |
site | a place or area to be excavated |
stratified site | place people have lived thousands of years and built settlements, one on top of another |
funerary objects | objects buried with the dead |
hieroglyphics | picture-symbol writing developed in ancient Egypt |
mosaic | picture made from small pieces of rock or glass |
ostraca | broken piece of pottery on which there is writing |
papyrus | first form of paper made from the papyrus plant in ancient Egypt |
quipus | groups of knotted strings used as an early calendar and as a way of recording events, keeping accounts, or sending messages |
rosetta stone | archaeological discovery that enabled scholars to decode hieroglyphics by comparing them to Greek writing on the stone |
scribe | a high-ranking person who wrote documents |
stylus | sharp metal writing tool used by Romans to write on wax tablets |
trowel | small hand shovel, most commonly used archaeological tool |
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