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| archaeology | the study of human pasts through artifacts. |
| archaeologists | people who study archaeology. |
| anthropology | the study of people, how they look and the way that they live. |
| anthropologists | people who study anthropology |
| artifacts | objects made by people |
| fossils | hardened remains of plants and animals. |
| prehistory | time period with no written records. Archaeologists and Anthropologists help us to understand this period. |
| oral history | eyewitness reports for an event passed down from generation to generation without being written down. |
| primary source | first hand written acccount of something that happened. |
| examples of primary sources | a diary or journal, papers, reords, letters. |
| secondary resource | a written account that describes events truthfully. Other books and articles are used for information. |
| examples of secondary resources | textbooks |
| nomads | people who moved from place to place because they needed food for themselves and their animals. |
| clans | groups of families (usually 12 to 30 people) who lived, worked, and hunted together to survive. |
| Paleolithic | another name for the Old Stone Age |
| Mesolithic | another name for the Middle Stone Age |
| Neolithic | another name for the new Stone Age |
