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Mr. Christensens vocabulary ca
just memorize them and youll do fine with vocab.- anna
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09/20/2005

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SOURCE
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Anything that gives us clues or information about the past
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WRITTEN SOURCE
Definition
A source that is inscrubed or written onto something, telling us about the past through written language.

Example: the Bible
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FOSSIL
Definition
Impronts of someone or something formed inside of a rock or other solid onject.

Example: Fish imprint in a rock
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ARTIFACT
Definition
Objects first made and then unburied or found by the human hand.

Example: coins from an Indian Cily in 200 B.C.
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ORAL TRADITION
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Stories, myths or ledgands passed on generation to generation by word of mouth

Example: grandparents stories.
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MIDDEN
Definition
Garbage that can give us clues about the people who threw it away. Example: Preserved banana peel from 1994 A.D.
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PRIMARY SOURCE
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Sources producd by someone who was at the event that they wrote about. Example: A painting of Pompade exploding; done by a man on an island nearby.
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SECONDARY SOURCE
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Sources produced by people who studied about the event written in a PRIMARY SOURCE.
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PREHISTORY
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History before written language. Example: A cave painting in a cave in England.
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ARCHAEOLOGY
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The recovering of sources left from times before. Example: Finding and learning about an old bone.
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EXCAVATION
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The process of uncovering remains of history from times before. Example: digging up King Tutt's tomb.
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Chronology
Definition
The order of things from earliest to latest. Example: The Plot Of A Novel.
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