Anchaeolgoy

Zhiyu W. (China)
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  1. ancestor
    someone from whom you are descended
  2. anthropology
    science of the origins and social relationships of humans
  3. antique
    made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age
  4. antiquity
    the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
  5. archaeologist
    an anthropologist who studies prehistoric culture
  6. archaeology
    the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people
  7. artifact
    a man-made object
  8. Bronze Age
    (archeology) a period between the Stone and Iron Ages, characterized by the manufacture and use of bronze tools and weapons
  9. cave man
    someone who lives in a cave
  10. clan
    group of people related by blood or marriage
  11. cranial
    relating to the part of the skull that encloses the brain
  12. excavate
    recover through digging
  13. excavation
    the act of digging
  14. fossil
    the remains of a plant or animal from a past geological age
  15. hominid
    a member of a family of primate mammals that includes humans
  16. homogeneous
    all of the same or similar kind or nature
  17. Iron Age
    the period following the Bronze Age
  18. Mesolithic
    middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago
  19. morphology
    the study of the structure of animals and plants
  20. Neolithic
    latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the Middle East (but later elsewhere)
  21. originate
    come into existence; take on form or shape
  22. Paleolithic
    second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC
  23. paleontology
    the earth science that studies fossil organisms
  24. relic
    an antiquity that has survived from the distant past
  25. remains
    the dead body of a human being
  26. ruin
    an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
  27. skull
    the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
  28. Stone Age
    (archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements
  29. tribe
    a group of people with shared ancestry and customs
  30. unearth
    recover through digging
Created on Thu Jun 02 02:37:53 EDT 2011

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