Archaeology Unit Vocabulary. Prehistory - The time in history before anything was written down.

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Archaeology Unit Vocabulary

Prehistory - The time in history before anything was written down

History - The Study of the Past

Fossil - Part of an animal or plant that lived millions of years ago and that has been preserved or the shape of one these plants or animals that is preserved in rock

Artifact - An object made by humans

Oral Tradition - The legends, myths, and beliefs that a culture passes from generation to generation by word of mouth

Primary Source - Information about events recorded or created during the time period a historian studies

Secondary Source - Information about events recorded after those events by people who have studied the primary sources

Archaeology - The study of ancient societies by examining what remains of their buildings, graves, tools, etc.

Excavation - The careful digging of an area of land to find ancient objects, bones, etc.

Radiocarbon Dating - A method used by scientists to find out the age of very old objects (because carbon decays at a regular rate)