ELECTIVE HISTORY TERMS!

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Across
  1. 2. A person who studies or collects antiques or antiquities.
  2. 4. A building in which artefacts of historical interest are stored and exhibited for their preservation and conservation.
  3. 8. The layers of history: Distinct layers of material beneath the ground, built up over time, that provide information for archaeologists and geologists
  4. 10. The time before Christ’s birth; stands for ‘before Christ’
  5. 14. All things that we value from the past, including events, traditions, places and experiences
  6. 16. Preservation refers to the act or process of protecting, maintaining, or keeping something in its existing state or condition
  7. 17. Written and non-written items that can provide information about the past
  8. 18. Stands for ‘common era’; which refers to the modern historical period
  9. 19. Describes people and culture that originate in an area, rather than coming from another part of the world
  10. 21. The process of restoring an artefact to its original state by removing what has been added by time, or adapting it to a new use that protects its cultural significance
  11. 22. A one-sided opinion, which is usually prejudiced
  12. 25. Stands for ‘before the common era’; which refers to the ancient historical period
  13. 27. The time before recorded history
  14. 28. The order in which events happened, from the earliest to the most recent
Down
  1. 1. The study of the past from the invention of writing vs everything that happened in the past
  2. 3. Stands for the Latin ‘Anno Domini’, meaning ‘in the year of our Lord’
  3. 5. Information found within a source that proves or disproves something
  4. 6. The study of the physical remains of the past- sources
  5. 7. The time and place, and how people thought and behaved, in which an event happens.
  6. 9. The time from a civilisation’s invention of writing (3500 BCE) to the end of the western Roman Empire 476 CE
  7. 11. Source created in the time being investigated; this might include bones, stone tools, letters, newspapers, art or photographs; can usually be divided into written and archaeological sources
  8. 12. A personal viewpoint, or way of looking at and thinking about things
  9. 13. Knowledge and understanding passed on through Aboriginal stories, song cycles, ceremonies, laws, dance and art
  10. 15. An object made by humans
  11. 20. Someone trained to investigate and write about the past
  12. 23. A reconstruction of the past by people living at a later time; this can include books, articles and artworks as well as models, computer software and documentary
  13. 24. A theory that tries to explain some aspect of the past. It can be tested against the evidence found in historical sources
  14. 26. A person who investigates the past by digging up objects left by earlier societies and civilisations