Archaeology Vocabulary

Time before writing was invented.

• fossils

• history

• prehistoy

• artifact

human-made object

• midden

• artifact

• fossils

• excavate

to dig

• midden

• artifact

• fossils

• excavate

Neolithic Era

• Old Stone Age

• secondary source

• primary source

• New Stone Age

Paleolithic Era

• Old Stone Age

• secondary source

• primary source

• New Stone Age

archaeology

• the study of PLANTS

• the study of LANGUAGES

• the study of GENETICS

• the study of THE REMAINS OF PAST CULTURES/TIMES

fossils

• imprint or stamp of a once living thing that was transformed into rock to stone

• archaeology trash

• time before writing was used

• Old Stone Age

Main source of information; eye-witness account of an event as told through letters or a diary entry

• Excavate

• Prehistory

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Information provided after the fact through sources such as text books and websites

• Excavate

• Prehistory

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

midden

• space junk

• archaeology trash

• compost pile

• flock of chickens