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| The study of the origin, behavior, and the physical, social and cultural development of humans. Anthropology is broken into 4 subcategories: archeology, cultural anthropology, linguistics and physical anthropology. | |
| The scientific study of how people lived in the past through analysis of material remains uncovered during excavations or digs. | |
| Someone who studies human history, particularly the culture of historic and prehistoric people, through discovery and explorations of remains, structures and writings. | |
| A site where an archeological dig is being carried out. | |
| Specialists who work on archaeological objects after they have been removed from the ground to try to conserve them and protect them from further damage. | |
| An object made or used by humans. | |
| Any location in which humans left some evidence of past activity. | |
| Small digging space, usually about one meter by one meter. | |
| Natural remains found in the archaeological site. For example: bones, seeds, teeth, seashells, plants and more. | |
| Something man-made that cannot be removed from the dig site, such as floors, altars, walls, etc. | |
| A layer of excavation. Levels are numbered from top to bottom, with the top layer being number one. | |
| The division of an archaeological site into small squares making it easier to measure and document the site. | |
| Each item found at the excavation site is given a unique number. This number corresponds to the area in which it was found, and the item number. | |
| Layers of earth. When an archaeologist digs into the earth, they are actually digging through 'layers' of history. | |
| Figuring out the age of things. | |
| A way to document what is found and where when archaeologists are digging so that anyone can accurately reproduce the site using only the field notes and site maps. | |
| The remains or imprints of plants and animals. | |
| Underwater archaeology. | |
| The study of fossils. Human paleontology is the study of human origins by excavating and looking at fossilized human skeletal remains. | |
| A broken fragment of pottery. |
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