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In a trash heap, where are the oldest artifacts found - at the top or bottom?

Bottom

These people are experts who study and record their understanding of the past.

Historians

Why might it be hard to make an accurate guess about what an item was used for in the past?

You can't call up the person, they aren't alive, etc.

The process of digging up remains from the past

Excavate

These people are experts who find objects by digging

Archaeologists

Name the 3 social scientists we have been learning about.

Archaeologists, historians, geographers

True or False: Social scientists are sometimes wrong about prehistoric items

True

Name one way archaeology has changed over time.

Answers may vary

How are social scientists like detectives?

They investigate and ask a lot of questions

Name an item that could be dated using radiocarbon dating

Answers may vary but it needs to be something that was living! (like a leather shoe)

Which symbol bests describes an artifact: fossil or iPhone ?

iPhone

Works of ____________, like cave paintings or mosaics are examples of objects created in the past.

Art

____________, or structures created in the past are also objects we study to learn about the past.

Monuments

If something is prehistoric, it means it was around before __________

Writing

What kinds of things can be dated using radiocarbon dating?

Living things

Objects made by people are called _____________

Artifacts

True or False: History is always changing in the face of new objects being discovered.

True

_______________ written by people are examples of objects created in the past.

Documents

What is garbage one of the most interesting common household items that an archaeologist can find?

Snapshot of what was going on during that time!

What kinds of information could an archaeologist or historian learn about a society from an ancient coin?

Answers may vary (the society's architecture, the society's religious beliefs, the society's government)

What does the word "artifact" mean?

Made with skill

These experts study natural features of the earth and sometimes even create maps.

Geographers

What is the name for the smaller ancient objects that archaeologists find?

Artifacts

Which symbol bests describes a historian - pencil or shovel ?

Pencil

True or False: Archaeologists never rethink their theories about artifacts they find.

False