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The study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.


Archaeology

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The stage of human social and cultural development and organization that is considered most advanced.

Civilization

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The gradual development of something, especially from a simple to a more complex form.

Evolution

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A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

Inference

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A person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented.

Scribe

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In latin, this time frame is referred to as 'Anno Domini'/'Common Era'

AD/CE

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A radiometric dating method.

Carbon 14 Dating

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The collection and study of historical information using sound recordings of interviews with people having personal knowledge of past events.


Oral History

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The organization of people living together in a more or less ordered community.

Society

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A primate of a family that includes humans and their fossil ancestors and also (in recent systems) at least some of the great apes.


Hominids

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A worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.

Artisan

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The assignment of different parts of a manufacturing process or task to different people in order to improve efficiency.

Division of Labor

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Documents, images or artifacts that provide firsthand testimony or direct evidence concerning an historical topic under research investigation.

Primary Source

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A member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock.

Nomad

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BONUS: ________ Percival Wulfric Brian __________ is a prominent character in J.K. Rowling's series Harry Potter.

Albus Dumbledore

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An object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.

Artifact

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The science or technique of dating events, environmental change, and archaeological artifacts by using the characteristic patterns of annual growth rings in timber and tree trunks.

Dendrochronology

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A historical narrative based on a written record or other documented communication.

Written History

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The allocation of individuals and groups according to various social hierarchies of differing power, status, or prestige.

Social Stratification

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BONUS: When an actor addresses the audience directly, it is called breaking the _______  __________.

Fourth Wall

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A time period referred to as "Before Christ"/"Common Era"

BC/CE

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To remove earth carefully and systematically from (an area) in order to find buried remains.

Excavate

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Information that was created later by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events or conditions you're researching.

Secondary Source

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The supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.

Irrigation

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BONUS: When a word is able to be spelled backward and forward. (Renner and racecar are examples of this)

Palindrome

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