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| megalith | a large stone used in prehistoric buildings or monuments |
| sarcophagus | a stone coffin |
| kitchen midden | the rubbish including artifacts and bones left by people of the past |
| archaeology | the recovery and study of the remains of the past |
| excavation | the process of digging up the remains of the past |
| radio carbon dating | a system for determining the age of an artifact based on the fact that carbon dminishes at a regular rate |
| oral tradition | stories, myths, and legends passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation |
| primary source | information about people and events recorded at the time of the event |
| secondary source | information about people and events recorded long after the time of the events |
| prehistory | the history of the humans before the development of writing |
| fossil | the remains or imprint of a human, animal, planet or insect |
| artifact | a human-made object or archaeological or historical importance |
