Investigating History Key Terms

A period of time named for a common feature at that time.

A practise, event, object or person that is no supposed to be in a period of time that some one has put it in.

Some one that investigates the past by digging up objects left by previous generations.

An object made or altered by people in the past.

Preserving of something in its existing state. For the benefit of future generations.

A method of telling the age of wood.

Information found within a source that proves or disproves something.

People born in about the same ten year time span.

Some ones point of view or outlook on life.

An opinion not based on fairness or knowledge, That someone has formed to a person or group often because of culture, religion, or race

A method of estimating the age of an object by measuring the amount of carbon 14 left in wood, bone, carbon or fossils.

Written or non written items that tell some thing about the past.

Another method of fining the age in an object, working on the basis that mineral crystals contained in clay and stone are released as light when heated. By reheating the object and measuring the amount of light it releases, it is possible to see how long ago the object was last heated.

Site of natural or cultural importance, listed by the World Heritage Commission.

All things that we value from the past, including traditions, Influences, places and experiences.

A theory that tries to answere Questions about the past and which can be tested against the evidence given by a historians sources.

A persons written records of his or her life. Essentially an autobiography