Archaeology

by gerb0150wr
(131 terms)
term Description
archaeologist
fossil
B.C.
A.D.
B.C.E.
C.E.
carbon dating
archaeological site
excavation
assemblage
in association
bronze age
middle ages
uncover
period
iron age
early Used to describe an era
Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
archaic
topsoil
technology
discovery
artifact
primary source
stratigraphy
private collections
private collector
conservation
context
tablet
layer
survey
expedition
field notes
is on a dig
burial mound
grave
tomb
mausoleum
grid
feature
half-life
monolith
hieroglyphs
hieroglyphic
hominid
secondary source
fieldwork
museum
preservation
prehistoric
sacred
culture
hominin
soil
forensic
breakthrough discovery
looter
black market
grave robbers
in situ
landmark
layer
document
skeleton
Stone Age
a dig
provenance
radiocarbon dating
publish
lost
appraisal
reconstruction
absolute dating
procedure
monument
preserved
evaluation
relative dating
sediment
style
buried
test pit
ceremonial
formation
assess
grant
findings
institution
exhibit
finds
an archaeological find
topography
buried treasure
archive
hidden treasure
marine archaeology
shards
trowel A common tool
brush A common tool
shovel A common tool
plumb bob A common tool
level A common tool
hand pick A common tool
acropolis
aerial photography
agora
ancient civilizations
anthropology
bones
relics
remains
benchmark
come across sth
date
date back to sth
date sth, date sth to sth
core
cortex
flint
hieroglyphics
law of superposition
New World
Old World
pedology
petrology
rocks
reconnaissance
typology