Archaeology - Ch.2 Studying the past

An area where archaeologist dig things up from the past is called

• site 
• wash
• hole
• laboratory

What is an artifact?

• An imprint of a plant from long ago
• The remains of a person from long ago
• A food prepared or eaten by humans
• An object made or used by humans 

Excavate means to

• look at something.

• dig something up.

• label something.

• name something.

Fossil or artifact?

• Fossil

• Artifcat

The customs, art , language and achievements of a group of people is their

• artifacts

• ethnicity

• culture

To recognize or notice something

• infer

• record

• observe

What is the job of an Archaeologist?

• to study past cultures, by analyzing artifacts, remains and ruins

• To study scientific and historical fossils from dinosaurs

• To find cool stuff underground

• To study the relationship between geography and fossils

A conclusion based on an observation

• Observation

• Theory

• Inference

A _ source is a source that was created at the time an event happened

• Primary

• Secondary

Which of the following words means, "A source of information that was created at the time an event happened. For example, a diary"?

• inference

• archaeology

• Secondary Source

• Primary source