VOC1:ARCHAEOLOGY VOCAB

the study of human societies and cultures and their development

• CLIMATE

• ARTIFACT

• CLAIM TESTERS

• ANTHROPOLOGY

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

• PRIMARY SOURCE

• ARCHAEOLOGY

• CLAIM TESTERS

• CLIMATE

any object made by human beings

• ARTIFACT

• ANTHROPOLOGY

• ARCHAEOLOGY

• CLAIM TESTERS

strategies to decide whether a story or concept should or should not be trusted

• CLAIM TESTERS

• CLIMATE

• CONTINUITY

• CULTURE

the weather conditions most prevailing in a place, averaged over several years

• FOSSILS

• CLIMATE

• CONTINUITY

• CULTURE

things that are constant over time; something in an uninterrupted state

• FOSSILS

• ARCHAEOLOGY

• CONTINUITY

• CULTURE

the sum of the language, customs, beliefs, and art considered characteristic of a particular group of people

• FOSSILS

• ARCHAEOLOGY

• PRIMARY SOURCE

• CULTURE

any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age

• FOSSILS

• ARCHAEOLOGY

• PRIMARY SOURCE

• SECONDARY SOURCE

immediate, first-hand accounts of an event, from people who had a direct connection

• ANTHROPOLOGY

• ARCHAEOLOGY

• PRIMARY SOURCE

• SECONDARY SOURCE

an account created later by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events, often uses primary sources

• ANTHROPOLOGY

• ARCHAEOLOGY

• PRIMARY SOURCE

• SECONDARY SOURCE