Archaeology

How do we find out how old a tree is?

• Radiocarbon dating -Measuring the radioactive carbon

• Absolute dating

• Relative dating

• Dendrochronology - Counting the rings of the tree

What is prehistory?

• History before 0 BCE

• History before the development of writing

• History before modern times

• History before humans

What is this an example of?

• Kitchen midden

• Erosion

• A fossil

• Oral tradition

What is erosion?

• The gradual wearing away of the Earth’s surface

• Digging up the remains of the past

• Ancient people’s rubbish

• The process of passing on legends by word of mouth

What do we call the process when we dig up remains of the past?

• Absolute dating

• Dendrochronology

• Excavation

• Radiocarbon dating

What used to be the focus of archaeologists in the past?

• Finding dinosaur fossils

• Finding treasures

• Finding kitchen midden

• Finding artifacts that showed how ancient people lived

What is oral tradition?

• Discovering ancient foods

• Telling jokes to friends

• Eating together as a group

• Passing on legends, myths, and beliefs by word of mouth

Which is an example of relative dating?

• Counting the rings of a tree

• Using a lab to analyze the object

• Finding out the exact age of an object by a date written on it

• Figuring out that an object is older than another

What is an example of a secondary source?

• A dinosaur fossil

• An Ancient Civilizations textbook

• Diamond Middle School’s library

• A letter written by someone at the time

What is kitchen midden?

• Ancient people’s rubbish

• A type of fossil

• A type of food ancient people ate

• The process of digging up artifacts