ISCS Intro Vocab

a projecting piece of wood made for insertion into a mortise in another piece ​

• tenon
• mortise
• remnant
• ancestor

the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains ​

• archaeologist
• ritual
• archaeology
• excavation

a horizontal support of timber, stone, concrete, or steel across the top of a door or window ​

• lintel
• sarsen
• mortise
• tenon

an object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical or sentimental interest ​

• ritual
• remnant
• rigorous
• relic

a person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.

• archaeology

• archaeologist

• relic

• ancestor

a hole or recess cut into a part which is designed to receive a corresponding projection on another part so as to join or lock the parts together

• lintel

• sarsen

• mortise

• tenon

a small remaining quantity of something

• remnant

• artifact

• ritual

• excavation

a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order

• rigorous

• archaeology

• relic

• ritual

a silicified sandstone boulder from southern England

• archaeologist

• excavation

• relic

• sarsen

a person from whom one is descended

• ancestor

• archaeologist

• mortise

• remnant