Archaeology

The recovery and study of artifacts, bones (human), and ruins remaining from the past.

• archaeology

• artifact

• excavation

• culture

Object made by humans. Generally the term is used for objects that are from the past.

• archaeology

• artifact

• excavation

• culture

BEFORE the invention of writing.

• Neolithic

• Paleolithic

• Prehistoric

• Primary source

Old written source created from the time being studied. For example: Your birth certificate from 11 years ago; Your great-great-grand Mother's diary from 1894; George Washington's letter to his soldiers from 1773.

• Oral History

• Secondary Source

• Primary Source

• Custom

• Corroboration

Information source, book or explanation or video, etc., written or created years later about a time long ago. For example: The Discovering Our Past Social Studies; a biography; an expert´s website.

• Sourcing

• Archaeology

• Primary Source

• Corroboration

• Secondary Source

An ancient garbage heap

• midden

• find

• site

• artifact

Excavate means to

• look at something.

• dig something up.

• label something.

• name something.

A person that studies the beginnings and structure of the earth is called this.

• geologist
• biologist
• zoologist
• paleontologist

A person who is skilled in foreign languages

• Linguist

• Geologist

• Paleoanthropologist

• Chemist

A person skilled in the science necessary to identify substances and how old they are

• Botanist

• Chemist

• Linguist

• Paleoanthropologist