work of an archaeologist - key terms:

Artefact : an item found under ground from history
Carbon dating : using the radioactive carbon in an item to find out how old it is
primary source : is something that comes directly from the past e.g a letter
secondary source: it contains info. about a period in history e.g history book
Pre-History : time before evidence of the past was written down
Rescue/salgyvage archaelogy: when an old building is being replaced , archaelogists will see if they can learn anything from the place long ago
Museum: artefacts stored here
archive: stores papers like letters or diaries
stratigraphy: date artefacts by looking at the layer of earth which it was found
dendrochronology: count a piece of woods rings , each ring equals one year

Resource summary

	Created by l.watters97 over 11 years ago