Vocabulary
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Prehistory (pg 57)
Artifact (pg 57) Fossil (pg 57) Oral Tradition (pg 57) Primary Source (pg 60) Secondary Source (pg 60) Archaeology (pg 64) Excavation (pg 65) Cultural Dating (pg 66) Absolute Dating (pg 66) Relative Dating (pg 66) |
Scientific Dating (pg 67)
Dendrochronology (pg 67) Radiocarbon Dating (pg 68) Sarcophagus (pg 71) Kitchen Midden (pg 73) Megalith (pg 82) Cultural Diffusion (pg 81) Bands Technology Chronology Glacier |
Ice Age
Neanderthal Cro-Magnon Bipedal Homo sapien Homo habilis Homo erectus Homo heidelbergensis Hunter-gatherer Australopithecine |
REVIEW Questions
1) What methods and sources do most historians use to learn about the past?
2) Why do historians ask questions about their sources?
3) In Ancient Rome, fewer women than men left behind written sources. How might this have affected historians' knowledge of the history of Ancient Rome?
4) Imagine you are an archaeologist working at a dig. You find a piece of wood used in building an ancient house. What are two techniques that you could use to find out how old it is, and how would you apply them?
5) Imagine that 1,000 years from now, a team of archaeologists discover the remains of your home. What conclusions might they draw about life in the 20th century from the artifacts they find in your room?
6) How do cultures today come into contact? What evidence of that contact might historians and archaeologists of the future find?
2) Why do historians ask questions about their sources?
3) In Ancient Rome, fewer women than men left behind written sources. How might this have affected historians' knowledge of the history of Ancient Rome?
4) Imagine you are an archaeologist working at a dig. You find a piece of wood used in building an ancient house. What are two techniques that you could use to find out how old it is, and how would you apply them?
5) Imagine that 1,000 years from now, a team of archaeologists discover the remains of your home. What conclusions might they draw about life in the 20th century from the artifacts they find in your room?
6) How do cultures today come into contact? What evidence of that contact might historians and archaeologists of the future find?
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