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HISTORIAN KEYWORDS
1ST YEAR JUNIOR CERT HISTORY
Term | Definition |
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ARTEFACT | A man-made An object used by people in the past. |
CARBON DATING | A method used by archaeologists to date artefact by measuring how much carbon is in them. |
PRIMARY SOURCE | Historical information that comes directly from the past. |
SECONDARY SOURCE | Historical information made after the time being studied: second-hand information. |
DENDROCHRONOLOGY | Tree-ring dating. |
STRATIGRAPHY | A method used by archaeologists to date artefacts by the layer of soil in which they were found. |
PRE-HISTORY | The period in history before writing was invented. |
BC | Before Christ |
AD | Anno Domini - In the year of Our Lord. |
CENTURY | 100 years |
MILLENIUM | 1,000 years |
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY | A way that archaeologists use to locate a site to excavate using photographs of the land taken from a plane. |
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY | A way that archaeologists use to locate a site to excavate using metal detectors and electronic probes. |
CENSUS | An official count of the population. |
EXCAVATION/DIG | The location of an archaeologist’s work. |
MUSEUM | A building in which artefacts are kept in a safe place. |
BIAS | A one-sided view of events |