ASB 222 BURIED CITIES AND LOST TRIBES MODULE 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

ASB 222 BURIED CITIES AND LOST
TRIBES: MODULE 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS



Artifacts - Correct Answers -object made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-
produced

Site - Correct Answers -place

Archaeology - Correct Answers -study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

Cultural Items - Correct Answers -Physical/material objects that have meaning, value, or
use

features - Correct Answers -a distinctive attribute or aspect of something.

relative dating - Correct Answers -Method of determining the age of a fossil by
comparing its placement with that of fossils in other layers of rock

radiocarbon dating - Correct Answers -a chemical analysis used to determine the age of
organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-14

Thermoluminescence (TL) - Correct Answers -Technique for dating certain
archaeological materials that were heated in the past (such as stone tools) and that
release stored energy of radioactive decay as light upon reheating.

dating organic materials - Correct Answers -you can use radiocarbon dating on organic
materials like wood, fabric, carbonized seeds, bone, etc

dating inorganic materials - Correct Answers -you can use thermoluminescence, but
only to determine the last time the material was heated.

Ecofacts - Correct Answers -Natural materials that give environmental information about
a site

Human Remains - Correct Answers -body of a deceased person, including cremated
remains