Definitions
Objects made by people, such as tools, weapons, containers, etc.
This type of science is motivated by the curiosity to understand.
What is pure science?
This test looks at whether a document agrees with itself.
What is the internal test?
What is dendrochronology?
T/F If a document fails even one of the internal test, external test, or the bibliographic test, it is not considered an authentic historical work, and therefore unreliable.
What is true?
A term that encompasses all scientific pursuits related to living organisms.
What is life science?
This type of science is motivated for use to make something better.
What is applied science?
The age of an artifact as determined by a date printed on it or a reference to the artifact in a work of history.
What is known age?
When a text is critically examined to determine if it is accurate, such as how do we know authors of history books aren't in error?
The study of past human life as revealed by preserved relics.
What is archaeology?
This is the result of pure science or applied science, and can be the result of an accident, too.
What is technology?
An ancient document is tested to see if the information within the document does not contradict itself. This is an example of this type of test.
What is true?
Using a radioactive process to determine the age of an item. This dating method is considered unreliable by many in the scientific community because it can produce ages that are hundreds of thousands of years old.
The study of Earth's history as revealed in the rocks that make up the Earth.
What is geology?
The Egyptians use of moldy bread to treat open wounds is an example of this type of science.
What is technology?
This test compares the statement of a document to known archaeological facts.
What is the external test?
Tree rings not only tell us how old a tree is, but also tell us this.
What is weather patterns/climate in the past?
A ________ age is not an exact number but rather a determination of whether an artifact is older or younger than another artifact.
The study of life's history as revealed in the preserved remains of once-living organisms.
What is paleontology?
An experiment designed to determine the factors that influence the speed of wind is this type of science.
What is pure science?
This test asks 2 questions. First it asks how many years have passed between the time the original work was written and the time of the first known copy. Second it asks how many different copies made by different people exist for the document of interest.
What is the bibliographic test?
Archaeologists look for lots of types of patterns and catalog them as ________ for a specific region of the world.
What is master tree ring patterns?
What is the principle of superposition?