| A | B |
|---|
| history | the study of the past usually using written records |
| prehistory | the study of the past without the use of written records |
| archaeology | the study of the past based on what people have left behind |
| archaeologists | scientists who study the remains of people and what they have left behind |
| artifact | an object created and used by humans |
| fossil | a part or imprint of something that was once alive |
| Carbon 14 | finding the amount of carbon in an object |
| midden | a waste site that can contain garbage, recyclables or animal bones |
| ancestor | a relative who lived in the past |
| forced migration | people move to escape from something (i.e. war, climate changes) |
| hominid | any of a family (Hominidae) of erect bipedal primate mammals that includes recent humans |
| tool | any handheld object that has been changed to help a person accomplish a task |
| voluntary migration | people move to search for better opportunities, to look for more resources(i.e. food) |
| mtDNA | mitochondrial DNA - how we trace our heritage |
