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27 Cards in this Set
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decay
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to rot away or spoil
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global
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having to do with the whole world
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history
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the record of past events and the story of what happened to people in the past
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nomad
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a person who moves from place to place
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boar
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wild pig-like animal
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bison
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another name for buffalo
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scholar
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a well-educated person who has a great deal of knowledge about something
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interpret
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to explain something
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prehistory
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the time before humans left written records
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radiocarbon dating
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a way of measuring the radioactivity of historic artifacts to determine how old they are
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secondary source
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a second-hand account of an historical event; an account written by a person who was not there
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culture
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the values, attitudes, and customs of a group
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eclipse
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the hiding of the sun by the moon
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archaeologist
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a person who finds and studies the things humans left behind in the past
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bronze
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a hard metal made of a blend of copper and tin
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embers
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the glowing remains of a fire
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artifact
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an object made by a person
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primary source
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a first-hand account of an historical event
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historian
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one who is an expert of history
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calculate
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to figure something out
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monument
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an object or building that stands in place and is usually made of some kind of stone
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interpretation
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an explanation of the meaning of something
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obsidian
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a volcanic glass
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civilization
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a people who have cities and government; a large group of people with a high level of development as a group
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anthropologist
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a person who studies the beginnings and the behavior of people
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humanity
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the human race
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diary
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a daily record of what happens to a person
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