Glossary
A
- aerial photographs
- - Pictures taken from the air such as from an airplane or helicopter
- archaeologists
- - Scientists who study prehistoric people
- archaeology
- - The science of prehistoric people
- artifacts
- - Man-made objects that give clues to how people lived
C
- culture
- - Behaviors and beliefs of a given group of people
D
- dig
- - The place where archaeologists find artifacts, fossils, or evidence of previous life
- documents
- - Any written item
E
- eco-facts
- - Facts found that are related to the ecology
- environments
- - All things that are a part of the life of any living thing - food, habitat, other animals, weather, etc.
- erosion
- - The movement of soil or rock
- excavate
- - To remove or dig out
- excrement
- - Body waste
M
- midden
- - A garbage pile
- mounds
- - Pile of soil or rock
P
- pottery
- - Dishware - usually made of clay
R
- ruins
- - Remains of a building or settlement
