Study of pre-historic life forms
What is Paleontology
Small item used for cleaning artifacts
What is a toothbrush?
Protects prehistoric remains found in Archaeological sites
What is the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990?
Must have written permission from the land owner to collect or detect on this
What is private property?
Anything over 50 years old
What is an Artifact?
The Study of the interactions of humans
What is Sociology?
Wide object for scooping or receiving soil
What is a dustpan?
Added protection to Archaeological resources on Public and Indian land
What is the Archeological Resources Protection Act of 1979?
Regulations that govern collecting, detecting and digging on state property
What are State Laws?
A toothbrush brought to the site.
What is not an artifact?
Study of man
What is Anthropology?
garden tool used to scrape surface dirt
What is a trowel?
Prevents the destruction of Historic sites
What is the 1966 National Historic Preservation Act?
Items removed from the line of history, now lost forever.
What are stolen artifacts?
Cinderblock pieces
What are not artifacts? (less than 50 years old)
Study of the earth and its features
What is Geology?
container used for transporting dirt and debris
What is a bucket?
Authorized several programs to be carried out under the national Park Service
1935 Historic Site Act
Requires Federal permitting to collect, detect or dig on Federal properties
What are Federal Laws?
Foundation bricks from colonial times
What are artifacts?
The study of the remains of past cultures
What is Archaeology?
Device used to separate artifacts from soil
What is a sifter?
First broad legal protection of cultural and natural resources in the United States
What is the 1906 Antiquities Act?
This entity seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of Cultural and National Heritage around the world which is of outstanding value to humanity.
What is UNESCO?
a fitbit
What is not an artifact?