Archaeology

A dating method that gives an exact age.

A social scientist who studies past human life and culture by the recovery and examination of remaining artifacts.

Location where archaeologists excavate artifacts

The methods used to locate a site and determine if archaeological artifacts are present.

The study of strata

Layers of soil

A system used for putting things into groups according to how they are similar.

Pattern of units that divide a site to map out the arrangement of artifacts

A guess based on evidence

A dating method where artifacts are compared to each other, but no exact date is known.