ARCHAELOGY
THE STUDY OF HUMAN HISTORY AND PRE-HISTORY, THROUGH THE EXAMINATION OF ARTIFACTS, PHYSICAL REMAINS, AND HISTORICAL SITES.
UNIFORMITISM
THE IDEA THAT THE PRESENT IS THE KEY TO THE PAST
LAW OF SUPERSTITION
THE IDEA IS THAT THE BOTTOM LAYER IS THE OLDEST AND THE TOP LAYER IS THE NEWEST
STRATIGRAPHY
THE STUDY OF LAYERS
KITCHEN MIDDENS
PRE-HISTORIC REDFUSE HEAP WICH MARKS ANCIENT SETTLEMENT
ARTIFACTS
OBJECTS MADE BY PRE-HISTORIC HUMAN BEING
ECOFACTS
NATURAL BOJECT USED BY HUMANS WITH NO MODIFICATION
RADIOACTIVE DATING
METHODS OF DATING ROCKS AND MINERALS USING RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES
HALF-LIFE
THE TIME TAKEN FOR THE RADIOACTIVITY OF A SPECIFIED IST0TOPE TO FALL TO HALF ITS ORIGINAL VALUE
NEOLITHIC
NEW
PALEOLITHIC
OLD
MOAI
ROCK FACES ON EASTER ISLAND
POLLEN
TREE REPRODICTIVE
DENDROCHRONOLOGY
TECHNIQUE FOR DATING OBJECTS USING TREE RINGS
EASTER ISLAND
ISLAND IN CHILOE FAMOUS FOR MOAI AND THRILLING LIFESTYLE
NEUTRON
UNCHANGED PARTICLE WITH ALMOST SAME MASS AS A PROTON(GREATER)
PROTON
POSITIVELY CHARGED PARTICLE
ELECTRON
NEGETRIVLY CHARGED PARTICLES THAT CAN EITHER BE BOUND TO AN ATOM OR UNBOUND
ATOMIC MASS
PROTONS + NEUTRONS = ATOMIC MASS
NUMBER ON THE BOTTOM - USUALLY A DECIMAL
MASS NUMBER
THE NUMBER ON THE BOTTOM ROUNDED