Historian
What is History?
Study of the past
What is archaeology?
Study of the remains people left behind
What is chronological order?
Order in which the events happened
What is a primary source?
Source from the time of the event
What is prehistory?
History before people could write
What is an excavation
When archaeologists dig up evidence
What is bias?
One sided information
What is a source?
Somethung that gives us information about a person, place, thing.
Place that collects and displays objects=
Museum
How do archaeologists find sites?(2 ways)
-aerial photographs &old documents
What is propaganda?
Information designed to influence the general public
Name 3 examples of a secondary source
History book
Poster
Podcast about the event
Place that catalogues sources, especially written.
Archive
What are the 3 types of dating obk and what do they mean
Statigraphy
carbon 14 dating
Dendrochronology
What is a brush, sieve, shovel used for?
List functions
When more then one source is used to check that information is correct is called what?
Cross-checking
What is one precautio a Historian has to take for accuracy?
Make sure sources are reliable
Name the parts of excavating a site
1)Survey
2)Test trench
3)remove topsoil
4)Dig!
5) Record where artefacts were found
6) Send to lab for testing
What do BC and AD stand for?
Before Chris & Anno Domini
Name five types of sources.1=written
Written, visual,aural,oral,tactile