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 |