| A | B |
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| Archaeology | Scientific study of remains of past human cultures |
| Archaeologist | People who investigate lives of early people by studying their remains |
| Discovery of King Tutankhamen's tomb | 1922 |
| Discoverer of King Tutankhamen's tomb | Howard Carter |
| Method used to search for underground sites | Aerial photography |
| Process in which archaeologists dig for buried objects | Excavation |
| Method used to uncover underwater objects | Sonar scanning |
| Broken pieces of pottery | Potsherds |
| How objects are grouped | Location and type |
| 3 basic kinds of archaeological evidence | Artefacts, Features and Ecofacts |
| Levels of deposit in the earth | Strata |
| Archaeological study of strata | Stratigraphy |
| Mound | Unnatural hump on landscape |
| How archaeologists interpret findings | Classification, dating and evaluation |
| Best-known method for dating wood | Dendrochronology |
| Natural Layers | Mud and clay |
| Cultural layers | Broken pots left on a floor inside a house |
| Two main methods of classification | Typology and seriation |
| Two major methods used in dating objects | Relative dating and absolute dating |
| Sites can be | Aboveground, underground or underwater |
