Archeology, Archaeology

A collection displaying ancient artifacts, etc.: From the Renaissance on, it became popular among the nobility of Europe to form curiosity cabinets showing very old artifacts alongside foreign curios, precious minerals, and exotic animal specimens.

An ornamental headband worn as a sign of royalty: A diadem is a crown, often covered with precious jewels or metals, worn as a symbol of authority.

One of the three major orders of ancient Greek architecture: The Doric style is easily identified by the unfussy and uncomplicated circular capitals at the top of the columns.

A ruling royal family or clan that holds power over several generations: Two examples of such ruling families were the Habsburg dynasty and the Ottoman dynasty.

The study of ancient Egypt: Egyptology can be traced to Napoleon's 1798 invasion, when his team of scholars and artists made detailed records of the country's antiquities.

The area of study which seeks to form and test archeological hypotheses: Experimental archeology,is the replication of ancient technologies in order to better understand ancient production processes and the use of specific artifacts.

Earthenware with an opaque colored glaze: Faience is a type of pottery glazed and painted with patterns and is said to have been created in Faerza, Italy, in 1299. .

A non-portable artifact on an archeological site: A feature at a site can be a hearth or wall.

An individual artifact, often one of some significance: Joe was so excited when he came across a find, a valuable discovery of pottery, at the archeological site.

The exact place where an item has been found: The findspot is the location of a find that is measured and recorded three-dimensionally.

That part of the United States surrounding the point where the states of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona all converge: When Jack was in school, he learned that Utah was part of the Four Corners region, a section of the U.S. where he lived.

A large-scale drawing carved or fashioned into the ground or landscape: A geoglyph can be an image or a picture created on the surface of the earth by lining up stones or rocks, or even by scratching the ground, and usually only perceptible from a distance.

A geoglyph can be exemplified by the Nasca Lines of Peru

A geophysical system used by archaeologists to search for archaeological features beneath the topsoil: Ground-penetrating radar or GPR works by sending high-frequency radar pulses from an antenna into the ground.

Buried materials or sediments and changes in the subsoil reflect the radar pulses back up to the antenna, and by measuring the time that has passed between when the pulses were sent and when they were received; an understanding of the changes in soils, sediments, and features can be determined.

Referring to Greek culture after the time of Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.): The Hellenistic age of the Greek culture, history, and art took place following the death of Alexander the Great and up to the overthrow of Cleopatra and Mark Antony by Octavia in 31 B.C.

Literally, "sacred writing", an early form of writing in which the characters represent objects rather than sounds or syllables: When Alfred entered the temple, he noticed some beautifully preserved hieroglyphs on one of the walls.