Key Definitions
The period between 5000 BCE and the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 CE
What is Ancient History?
Type, Origin, Motive, Context/Content, Audience, Perspective
What is TOMCAP? What is needed to analyse a source?
Discovers of the Iceman
Who are Erika and Helmut Simon?
Mungo Lady was unethically removed in this object
What is Jim Bowler's suitcase?
This pop star famously wore a meat dress to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.
Who is Lady Gaga?
Bodies, parts of bodies and cremated remains of once living people...this includes osteological material (whole or part skeletons, individual bones or fragments of bone or teeth), soft tissue including organs and skin, embryos and slide preparations of human tissue.
What are human remains?
When asked to consider date, origin, purpose, motive, target audience.
What is perspective?
Lead investigator on the Otzi case
Who is Konrad Spindler?
Lake Mungo is part of this larger archaeological area.
What is the Willandra Lakes region?
his wall was torn down in 1989, symbolizing the end of the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Wall?
A non-scientific approach to dating which can only establish a sequence into which an object can be placed.
What is relative dating?
When asked to consider type, origin, motive, content, context, audience, perspective and limitations
What is value?
The presence of this plant in Otzi’s tools showed knowledge of natural medicine.
What is birch fungus?
This ethical issue has become central to the legacy of the Mungo discoveries.
What is ethical regarding repatriation and treatment of Ancient Indigenous remains?
This movie features a character who ages backward, getting younger as time goes on.
Who is Benjamin Button?
A set of consensual values and standards of behaviour that are agreed at a particular time to define a relationship of trust between the museum and the communities it serves.
What are museum codes of ethics?
Demonstrates historical knowledge and understanding relevant to the question, communicates ideas and information logically, uses historical terms and concepts appropriately
What is the Ancient History HSC rubric?
Endoscopy results revealed traces of a clotting protein present in the blood only for a very short time after a wound. It indicated Otzi died shortly after sustaining a head wound.
What is fibrin?
This type of analysis revealed arthritis in Mungo Man's elbow.
What is paleopathological analysis?
This player holds the record for the most points scored in NRL history.
Who is Cameron Smith?
A technique used to date fossils in geological sediments through ionized radiation to determine the last time a mineral was exposed to sunlight.
What is OSL dating?
A comprehensive response that integrates rich archaeological evidence
What is the differentiating feature in Ancient History responses?
The find of Otzi has changed what we know about this period of prehistory
What is the Copper Age?
The discoveries at Lake Mungo provide evidence of this kind of human behavior.
What is a complex, culturally rich society?
What is 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?