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prehistory |
events before recorded history |
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anthropology
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study of origin and development of humans may be applied to ancient and modern groups of people |
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anthropologist |
person who studys anthropolgy |
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archeology |
study of the remains of past human life and cultures |
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archeologist |
one who studys archeology |
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culture |
knowledge, beliefs, customs, and values of a group of people |
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fossil |
ancient, naturally occurring, object, animal bones, seeds, imprints, etc |
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artifact |
ancient man made objects, tools art pottery weapons coins etc |
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ages |
early human history is based on 3 periods defined by the type of material used for tools: stone age, bronze age, iron age |
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carbon 14 dating |
determine the age of formely living object by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon 14 in the item. |
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recorded history |
writing was invented 5,000 years ago. |
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primary sources |
account of an event created by someone who took part in or saw the event, treaties, letters, diaries, laws, etc |
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secondary sources |
information gathered by someone who was not actually with the event, history texts, magazines, encycopidias, etc |
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does history change? |
history is opened by interprations, opinions change as new info is found, differnet ources provide differnet info. |
