Archaeology Vocabulary Quiz Crossword
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
 
 
Down: 1) Experiments carried out by archaeologists to see how objects may have been made and how activities could have been carried out in the past.2) A type of rock that breaks in a regular pattern, which makes it good for making stone tools.3) The original native people of a country.4) The removal of soil/earth from an archaeological site in a step-by-step manner in order to recover archaeological information.5) A form of writing which left wedged shaped marks in wet clay.9) The study of how landscapes formed and developed.11) The study of all aspects of humankind.13) The study of animal bones from archaeological sites.16) Evidence of human activities, which cannot be removed. Hearths, post holes and rubbish pits are examples of features.18) The small pieces of rock that are chipped away when a person is making a stone tool. Across: 4) Plant and animal remains on an archaeological site; for example shells and seedpods.6) Any object that has been made or modified by a human, for example stone tools, jewelry or pottery.7) A method of radioactive dating, which is used to date all organic material: wood, charcoal, bones, plants and shells. It can be used to calculate the dates of objects up to 50,000 years old.8) The study of animals and plants from archaeological sites in order to reconstruct past environments.10) Methods used to determine the exact date (in years) of an artifact or site.12) The study of plant remains from archaeological sites.14) A clearly visible marker on an archaeological site, which is used as a fixed reference point for measuring the exact vertical and horizontal location of everything on the site.15) The remains of plants, animals or early humans preserved in rock.17) A method of absolute dating based on the annual growth rings of new wood on trees.19) A large flake of stone, which has been worked on both sides to produce a regular shape and sharp edge.
 

 

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