Sources
Define primary source? Give an example.
A source of information that was created/used at the time of an historical event, or it documents the experience of someone who participated at the time.
Example; letters, newspapers, government documents, photographs, diaries/journals, maps, autobiographies, video footage, Audio recordings, objects/artefacts, interviews, manuscripts.
How many years in a decade?
10
A source of information that was created after an historical event by someone who did not participate.
Example; textbooks, documentaries, podcast, website
How many years in a century?
100
Letters, Diaries, Books, Newspapers, Government records, Magazines
Methods which tell us the order in which things happened but can’t give an exact year are called what?
Relative Dating
Define and explain BC. Do we write BC before or after the numercal year?
BC stands for “before Christ”
BC should appear after the numerical year - 1100 BC
What is the name of modern scientific methods which give us an exact age of an artefact?
Absolute dating
How many years in a millenium?
1000
Speeches, Podcast and Recorded interviews are all examples of which type of source?
Oral
What is the study of rock layers called?
Stratigraphy
To arrange events or dates in the order of them occurring.
Chronology
What is Radiocarbon dating?
Measuring how much carbon is in an object this allow us to determine how old something is.
Define AD. Do we write AD before or after the numerical year?
AD stands for Anno Domini, Latin for “in the year of the Lord”
AD should appear before eg. AD 1066
An __________ is any portable object made by humans or used by humans.
Fill the blank
artefact
What is Dendrochronology?
Dendrochronology is the scientific method of studying tree rings.
All trees in an area will have the same pattern of tree rings because of their climate. Therefore you can compare rings to pinpoint the specific age of archaeological sites.
A way of showing a chronology; it can cover a short period of time or thousands of years
Timeline
This method of dating is based on changes in the shape, size, and manufacturing techniques of artefacts.
Typology dating
Which century is AD 588 in?
6th Century AD
What are features?
A feature is defined as a non-moveable element of an archaeological site.
Features are evidence of human activity, such as buildings and roads.
What are the different types of archaeological sources?
Ecofacts
Artefacts
Features
Which years make up the 14th Century AD?
1301-1400 AD
Scientists can tell how many years have passed since pottery was fired (finished) by heating it in the laboratory and measuring how much light it gives off. What is the name of this type of dating archeological evidence?
Thermoluminescence dating
Put the following dates into chronological order:
6,000BC
AD 1788
16,000BC
AD 2000
16,000BC -6,000BC - AD 1788 - AD 2000
An excavated piece of evidence consisting of natural remains is called what?
ecofact