The Basics
This is a process or machine that makes life better or a job easier.
What is Technology.
Objects made by people, such as tools, weapons, containers, etc. are called...
What are Artifacts.
Dendochronology is...
What is the process of counting a tree's rings.
What is one form of dating method that archaeologists use to determine an artifacts age?
What is Carbon-14 dating.
An experiment with a purpose simply to gain knowledge is what kind of experiment?
What is a Pure Science Experiment.
This science is motivated by a curiosity to understand something.
What is Pure Science.
A scientist who studies life's history as revealed in the preserved remains of once living organisms is...
What is a Paleontologist.
Thin rings and thicker rings mean different things to a dendochronologist. Thinner rings mean?
What is a slower growth year with less water and nutrients.
When an artifact does not have a known or assigned age, archaeologitsts determine whether an artifact is older or younger than another artifact. This is called...
What is relative age.
This method of document testing examines a document to make sure the information agrees with itself.
What is an Internal Test.
This science is motivated to discover or identify somethig useful or to make something better.
What is Applied Science
Geology is sthe study of Earths history as revealed in...
What are Rocks.
A tree produces this number of rings every year:
What are two.
Carbon-14 dating is a type of broader group of dating method called:
Whta is radiometric dating.
An external test compares the information in a document with what?
What is known historical facts or archeological facts. (Either answer is acceptable)
Life Science is a term that encompasses all scientific pursuits related to this two word answer.
What are living organisms.
This field studies past human life as revealed by preserved relics.
What is Archaeology.
If an archaeologist finds coins with an image of a ruler and a date, what can we know about the coins?
What is their "known age."
Carbon-14 dating is reliable as long as the item being dated is less than how many years?
What is 3,000 years.
Critically examining texts to determine if they are accurate is called...
What is called Textual Criticism.
This term describes a critical process of three tests used to determine whether or not a document is a legitimate work of history.
What is Eclecticism.
A portion of an old palace was unearthed during an excavation and was studied by this type of scientist:
What is an Archaeologist
Dates that are not known are known as:
What is an assigned age.
When artifacts are found in rock or earth that is layered, the deeper layers hold the older artifacts. This is known as...
What is the Prinicple of superposition.
This kind of test looks at two things: How many years have passed between the time the original work was written and the copy was made AND how many different copies were made by how many different people.
What is Bibliographic testing.