Investigating+the+Past

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1) archaeologist 2) historian 3) geographer 4) artifact 5) prehistoric 6) ritual [|Investigating the Past Quizlet]
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Take a virtual tour of the Lascaux Cave in France where 4 teenagers discovered a cave full of prehistoric paintings. [|Lascaux Virtual Tour]


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Please be sure you understand what cave art from prehistoric times tells us ..... -they mixed paint to make different colors -they built scaffolding to reach high places -small handprints because the people were much smaller than we are today -they used lamps for burning animal fat -made between 10,000-18,000 years ago

People who study the past are like detectives. The three types of social scientists are archaeologists, historians, and geographers An archaeologist studies objects (artifacts) Historians read diaries and letters to find out what happened and why Geographers study human made features such as roads and natural features