Sources
What are sources from the time being studied called?
Primary Sources
What is the time before history started being recorded called?
Prehistory
List 3 ways sites are discovered?
Obvious places, clues from maps and documents, aerial photos
What is the very first step in excavating a site?
Fence it off from the public
What does it mean to date an object?
Find out how old it is/what period its from.
What are sources created after the time being studied called?
Secondary Sources
When events are listed in the order they happened what is this called?
Chronological
What technology has made aerial photography much easier in recent years?
Drones
What is the second step of an excavation?
Grid map
What is the name for dating a tree based on the amount of rings it has (the answer is not tree ring dating)
Dendrochronology
List 3 different categories sources can belong to.
Written, Visual, Aural, Oral and Tactile
What is fact?
Something that can be proven with evidence.
What technology is used to locate sites that are underwater?
Sonar
List the tools needed for removing topsoil as well as carefully digging/removing dirt from artefacts.
Digger, trowel, spade, brush and sieve.
What is the name of the dating method involving layers of soil?
Stratigraphy
List 5 places historians can get sources from.
When a historian is not biased what are they?
Objective
What is it called when a site is excavated before a building can be built on the land?
Rescue Excavation
What is done with artefacts when they are removed from the site?
Photographed and sealed in airtight containers.
What is the chemical that leaks out of dead things allowing us to tell how old they are?
Carbon 14
Give a weakness and a strength of both primary and secondary sources. (4 total)
Primary: Difficult to access, Offers first hand information.
Secondary: Author was not there at the time but easy to access and can be cross-checked.
What do BC and AD stand for?
Before Christ and Anno Domini (the year of our lord)
What could prevent archaeologists from being able to start excavating a site?
Legal difficulties, property is owned etc
Aside from legal difficulties give 2 other problems that could prevent archaeologists from excavating a site.
Weather and time (the site could be crumbling or eroding etc)
On a tree, how many years does each ring represent?
1