| A | B |
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| anthropology | the study of the remains/skeletons/bones of people |
| archaeologists | people who study things USED by people who lived a long time ago; eating utensils, houses, tools |
| archaeology | the study of things used by people who lived a long time ago; tools, eating utensils, homes |
| artifacts | pieces of old things ? pottery, eating utensils, coins ? also called "relics" |
| circa | roughly - within a certain time |
| domestic | at home ? things dealing with home |
| domestication | to tame or take control of ? such as an animal |
| excavation | to dig out something |
| fossil | the remains of something which lived a long time ago |
| historical era | a period of time |
| Neolithic Age | New Stone Age [8,000 BCE - 4,000 BCE] people start to settle down and farm |
| Paleolithic Age | Old Stone Age [2 million years ago to 13,000 BCE] people survived by hunting and food gathering, migratory |
| pre-civilization | Stone Age - an historical era dating back to around 2.5 million years ago to 4000 BCE |
| radio carbondating | a way of determining how old something is ? done by measuring carbon ? |
| relics | another term for "artifacts" ? old coins, ancient hunting tools, knives ? etc. |
| Stonehenge | big rocks laid out in a circular pattern in England during the Neolithic Era ? shows knowledge of astronomy, geometry & physics ? a sign of a civilization |
