1. If Stones could Speak List #1

2. 1. archaeology

3. the science that deals with past human life as shown by fossils and the monuments and tools left by ancient people

4. 2. archaeologist

5. “One who” studies archaeology

6. 3. artifact

7. An object (as a tool or ornament) showing human work and representing a culture

8. 4. civilization

9. the way of life of a people

10. 5. conserve

11. use carefully

12. 6. contradiction

13. something like a statement that opposes something else

14. 7. devouring

15. to eat up greedily or hungrily

16. 8. excavate

17. To hollow out

18. 9. investigation

19. To study by close examination

20. preserve

21. To maintain; to keep from ruin

22. relic

23. An object left behind after decay or disappearance (ex
An object left behind after decay or disappearance (ex. “relics of ancient cities”)

24. reveal

25. To make known

26. rigorous

27. Very strict

28. technology

29. The use of science in solving problems; a technical method of doing something

30. theory

31. a set of principles or belief that explains facts or events of the natural world