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Historians at work
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- 1SOURCEPieces of evidence used by historians to explain how events in history happened
- 2PRIMARY SOURCEEvidence from the time of the event
- 3SECONDARY SOURCEEvidence from time after the event
- 4BIASA form of prejudice, an unfair preference for or dislike of something
- 5PROPAGANDAInformation or rumours created and spread to influence public views about people or events
- 6EXAGGERATIONStating that someone or something is more or less, better or worse than it actually is
- 7CHRONOLOGYPutting events in the order in which they happened (in order of time)
- 8ARTEFACTObjects made by people, such as spears, pots, coins and rings
- 9RESCUE/SALVAGE ARCHAEOLOGYWhen archaeologists excavate an area because a new building/motorway is about to be built there
- 10STRATIGRAPHYDating artefacts by what level they are found in,
higher-newer
deeper-older - 11CARBON DATINGDating artefacts by measuring the amount of carbon 14 the object has released
- 12DENDROCHRONOLOGYDating wooden objects by examining tree ring patterns and comparing them with other records
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- junior certificate history, geography, cspe, religion (history) Flashcards on Historians at work, created by ady2700 on 19/09/2015.
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