Archaeology Vocabulary List

a science that deals with past human life and activities as shown by objects (as pottery, tools, and statues) left by ancient peoples

a simple object (such as a tool or weapon) that was made by people in the past

a scientific way of finding the age of something that is very old (such as a dinosaur bone) by measuring the amount of certain forms of carbon in it

a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground

to expose to view by digging away a covering

a trace or print or the remains of a plant or animal of a past age preserved in earth or rock

any of the symbols in the picture writing of ancient Egypt

an image worshipped as a god

of, relating to, or being a stone tool

relating to or existing in the time before written history began

something left behind after decay or disappearance

a house or burial chamber for dead people