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British archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the intact tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun
Howard Carter
What is the method called that uses tree rings to date the past?
Dendrochronology
What ancient Roman city was famously buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD?
Pompeii
A fancy word for really old trash
midden
The assumption that artifacts found in the same layer date from the same time
Law of Association
this anthropologist is known for their work on the concept of "thick description" in ethnographic research.
clifford geertz
What dating method relies on the decay of a radioactive isotope of carbon?
Radiocarbon dating (or Carbon-14 dating)
What is the ancient Minoan palace on the island of Crete, excavated by Sir Arthur Evans, associated with the myth of the Minotaur?
Knossos
A laser-based technology that helps archaeologists map landscapes and uncover archaeological sites
LiDAR
Artifacts found on a higher layer are newer than artifacts found in a lower level
Law of Superposition
This man was the first to suggest there were three historical stages of development: Stone, Bronze and iron ages. He based his theory on archaeological finds (e.g. tools).
C. J. Thomsen
What dating technique examines changes in the Earth's magnetic field recorded in fired clay artifacts?
Archaeomagnetism
What is the name of the large ancient city located in present-day Mexico, known for its pyramids of the Sun and Moon?
Teotihuacan
This early movement resulted in the development of archaeology as a discipline (Hint: For these folks, archaeology was generally a hobby for the wealthy. Many went around the world collecting objects, some of which appear in museum collections today).
antiquarianism
This geophysical method transmits radio wave pulses at select center frequencies into the ground to study the subsurface.
Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
Who is the famous female archaeologist is known for her work discovering early hominid fossils in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, alongside her husband?
Mary Leakey
This trapped-charge dating method can determine when a ceramic material was last heated by measuring the light emitted when it is reheated.
What is thermoluminescence dating?
What is the name of the archaeological culture associated with the builders of the large earthworks in Ohio, such as the Serpent Mound
Hopewell culture
The movement that developed since the 1980s by individuals such as Ian Hodder involving concepts such as multivocality, gender, race, indigenous archaeology, re-examining the concept of stewardship, etc.
Post-processual archaeology
In the 1960s, this movement spearheaded by Lewis Binford brought about the "archaeology as science" model and focused on topics such as environmental adaptation, systems, etc.
processual archaeology/new archaeology
famous anthropologist that developed the idea of cultural relativism and founded the first anthropology department in the US
franz boas
This dating method relies on the predictable changes in amino acid molecules over time in organic materials like bone and shell.
What is amino acid racemization dating?
What is the name of the ceremonial center of the Mississippian culture, located near present-day St. Louis, known for its large earthen mounds?
Cahokia
This type of dating commonly dates strata associated with volcanic eruptions and has a long half-life, making it useful for dating early human sites (older than 100,000 years old).
potassium-argon dating
This hypothesis, also known as linguistic relativity, suggests that the language we speak influences how we think.
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis