Who studies?
Vocab
The Site
Big Ideas
"Pot"tery Luck
100
person who tries to give an objective interpretation of the past
What is a historian
100
remains of living things
What is a fossil
100
Name for the site when the scientists are actually working on uncovering remains
What is a "dig"
100
15 shared strands in the social sciences
What are the cultural commonalities
100
Expert who studies pottery on a site
What is a ceramist
200
Uses artifacts to discover clues to civilization
What is archaeologist
200
made by human hands or human design
What is an artifact
200
Place where many remains are typically found
What is along the banks of rivers and streams
200
decay, storms, robbers, fanatics
What is ways clues to the past are destroyed
200
Pots found inside of this indicate the use of math on a dig
What is a grid
300
uses human remains to study origins of past people
What is an anthropologist
300
the traditions, customs, and practices assigned to a specific group of people
What is culture
300
Is there Drinking water, protected shelter, access to food and /or trade
What archaeologists think about when trying to locate a place to dig
300
desert heat, water, minerals, volcanic ash
What way clues are preserved
300
Pots are dug up using this frequently helpful tool
What is a trowel
400
Examines fossils to discover the past
What is a paleontologist
400
Human development that has reached a realitively high level of social, economic, technological, and cultural advancement
What is a civilization
400
Sites are typically found by them
What is farmers and construction workers
400
study of all things that humans do
What is social studies
400
the area or context surrounding a pot when it is dug up which might give clues
What is insuti
500
Examines rocks and minerals to identify climate and natural patterns of the past
What is a geologist
500
A phrase used to describe the exchange of goods or ideas from one place to another
What is cultural diffusion
500
scientific instruments, radar, sonar, aerial photography, obvious remians, legends, myths, local lore
What is how sites are located
500
name all 15
What are: diet & food pre, family & social grouping, clothing & body decoration, arts & crafts, technology, education, healthcare, economics, kinesthetics, housing, political organization, environment, language & literature, religion, recreation
500
frequently found along with bones and teeth because they don't easily decay
What are pot shards
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