| 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 |