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How Archaeologists Study the Past Lesson 3

How Archaeologists Study the Past Lesson 3. How do archaeologists uncover the story of early people? It can be done by searching for and studying artifacts and fossils. An archaeologist – is a scientist who learns about early people by digging up and studying traces of early settlements.

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How Archaeologists Study the Past Lesson 3

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  1. How Archaeologists Study the PastLesson 3 How do archaeologists uncover the story of early people? It can be done by searching for and studying artifacts and fossils. An archaeologist – is a scientist who learns about early people by digging up and studying traces of early settlements.

  2. Finding Clues to the Past • Artifacts – human madeobjects that help archaeologists discover information about the past. • Fossils – remains of early lifepreserved in the ground.

  3. How Historians Study the PastLesson 4 • Look for patterns • Try to understand why some ideas and traditions last and why others die out. • See a cause and effect for why things happen • Look through the eyes of people who actually lived through the events.

  4. Historical Questions • How do groups or societies interact? • How do leaders govern societies? • How do belief systems change and develop? • How have societies dealt with differences? • How have societies protected their people? • How are societies similar and different?

  5. Primary Sources A primary source is something written or created by a person who witnessed a historical event. • Examples: letters, diaries, eyewitnesses, articles, videotapes, speeches, and photographs • Artifacts are also primary sources

  6. The Rosetta Stone • Primary source from ancient Egypt that dates back to 196 B.C. • The Rosetta Stone is a stone with writing on it in two languages (Egyptian and Greek), using three scripts (hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek). • The Rosetta Stone is a text written by a group of priests in Egypt to honor the Egyptian pharaoh. It lists all of the things that the pharaoh has done that are good for the priests and the people of Egypt.

  7. Secondary Sources Are written after a historical event by people who did not witness the event. Books, paintings, and media reports that are based on primary sources and appear after an event are secondary sources.

  8. Oral History • Any unwritten verbal account of an event. Here are pictures of families sitting down together to tell stories.

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