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18 Cards in this Set
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prehistory
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the history of humans before the development of writing (p. 57).
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primary source
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information about events recorded at the time of those events (p. 60).
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kitchen midden
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a rubbish heap, including bones, left in a settlement by he past (p. 73).
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radiocarbon dating
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a method for determining the age of once-living things, based on the fact that their radioactive carbon content decays at a regular rate (p. 68).
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primary source
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information about events recorded at the time of those events (p. 60).
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oral tradition
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the legends, myths, and beliefs that a culture passes from generation to generation by word of mouth (p. 57).
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fossil
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the remains or imprint of a plant or animal from a past geological age (p. 57).
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secondary source
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information about events recorded after those events by people who have studied the primary sources (p. 60).
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sarcophagus
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a stone coffin; any coffin (p. 71).
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Excavation
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) in archaeology, the systematic digging of an area of ground to recover the archaeological record.
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cultural diffusion
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When different cultures exchange goods and ideas.
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artifact
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an object made by humans that is of archaeological or historical interest (p. 57).
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Relative dating
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independent invention
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When cultures come up with the same thing on their own.
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archaeology
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the systematic recovery and study of tools, graves, buildings, pottery, and other remains of past human life and culture (p. 64).
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cultural dating
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determining the age of something by comparing objects found with information one already has. Usually these are non living things; coins, pots and non living things
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describe an example of a non written source
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jewelry, coins, tools and toys
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describe an example of a written source
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books, letters, diaries, speech, songs, poems and slogans.
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