Atlantis and Archaeology Questions And Answers

archaeology - systematic study of past human life and culture through the recovery and examination of material remains of past human behavior material remains vs. texts - archaeology vs. history example artifacts - includes: stone tools, pottery, metals, basketry/textiles, texts features - includes: architecture, burials ecofacts - includes: modified animal bones (tools), modified plant remains (food), modified soils/sediments (agriculture, landscape) archaeological site - place where artifacts/ecofacts/ features found place with remains of human activity science - systematic study of the natural world through observation and experiment induction - the inference of a general law from particular instances deduction - the inference of particular instanced by reference to a general law hypothesis - a proposed explanation based on evidence (an educated guess) theory - a hypothesis that has withstood repeated testing scientific method - a procedure characterized by systematic observation leading to the formulation and testing of hypothesis