How to Sound Like an Archaeologist
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Absolute dating | show 🗑
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| show | The study of the human culture of the past
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| Inorganic remains | show 🗑
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| show | A type of artefact. The remains of living things
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| show | Meticulous written notes kept while digging that detail all of the information revealed at the site as digging progresses
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| show | The plaster and gauze casts that protect the large, heavy bones on their way to the labs
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| show | The carefully measured sequence of "squares" established at the site before digging begins. The measured distance along the sides of each square varies with the type and size of the site
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| show | Anything that destroys or alters the stratigraphy of the site, for example plant roots, burrowing animals, shovels, or construction
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| show | Finding an artefact "in place", i.e. totally undisturbed since it was deposited in that particular location
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| Law of superposition | show 🗑
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| show | The study of ancient life or traces of life. This form of study does not usually refer to the study of early humans (called paleoanthropology)
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| show | A measure of the length of time since the death of a living organism based on the rate of decay of the radioactive carbon isotope carbon 14. This form of dating can only be used for dates up to 50,000 BP
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| Relative dating | show 🗑
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| show | A method of dating artefacts based on the idea that older objects are more simple in construction and style than more recent objects
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| Sieving | show 🗑
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| show | The location of an archaeological dig, usually named after the family who owns the land
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| show | The patter of different layers that is found in the sediments at a site. Generally, a change in layer indicates a change in culture and/or time
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| Trowelling | show 🗑
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