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historical consciousness
Examining history helps develop our ________, which means being able to place ourselves in past human experience, linking the past, the present and the future.
Archaeology
is the study of the remains left by people in the past.
Bias
Is a form of prejudice an unfair preference for or dislike of something.
Perspectives
The different ways that people look at or view something.
Millennium
A timespan of 100 years.
Dendrochronology
A method of dating wooden objects by examining the tree ring patterns and comparing them with other records.
Census
An official account of the population.
Prehistory
is the time before writing was used.
Archaeologist
A person who studies ancient civilisations by examining items buried in the ground such as tools, bones and remains of buildings.
Sources
Pieces of evidence used by historians to explain why and how events in history happen
Central Statistics Office
The organisation that keeps all the information collected at each census about each citizen
Census
An official account of the population
Secondary Source
Evidence taken from a later date about an event,
Bias
Is a form of prejudice an unfair preference for or dislike of something
Propaganda
Information or rumours created and spread to influence public views about people or events
Exaggeration
Stating that someone or something is more or less bigger or smaller better or worse than is actually so
Chronology
The order in which events happen
Decade
A timespan of 10 years
Annodomini (AD)
In the year of our lord
Artefact
Is an object of interest to a historian or archaeologist
Geophysics
A method which allows archaeologists to look under the soil for artefacts
Rescue/Salvage Archaeology
When archaeologists excavate an area because a new building or motorway is about to be built in that area
Excavation/Dig
The location of a archaeologists work
Stratigraphy
A method of dating artefacts by dating the objects found at the same level in the ground
Carbon Dating
A method of calculating the age of a object by measuring how much radioactive carbon is present in it
Dendrochronology
A method of dating wooden objects by examining the tree ring patterns and comparing them with other records
DNA
The substance that carries every organism's genetic information
Perspectives
The different ways that people look at or view something
Historical Empathy
The ability to view, understand and appreciate particular events or actions from somebody's else's point of view or perspective
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