Unit 1-Chapter 2
Terms
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- Iceman
- modern nicknames of a well-preserved natural mummy of a man from about 3300 BC
- secondary source
- any document that describes an event, person, place, or thing, usu.
- prehistory
- human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.
- oral tradtion
- The spoken relation and preservation, from one generation to the next, of a people's cultural history and ancestry, often by a storyteller in narrative form
- decision
- the act of making up your mind about something
- Alps
- is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia
- history
- The spoken relation and preservation, from one generation to the next, of a people's cultural history and ancestry, often by a storyteller in narrative form.
- archeology
- The systematic study of past human life and culture by the recovery and examination of remaining material evidence, such as graves, buildings, tools, and pottery
- evaluate
- to judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of
- artifact
- an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest
- Konrad Spindler
- led the scientific investigation of the iceman in the alps
- primary source
- an original source that informs directly, not through another person's explanation or interpretation
- excavate
- to dig or scoop out (earth, sand, etc.)