Edexcel GCSE History · 1HI0
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GCSE History · key term
The study of the past through physical remains, such as buildings, objects and human waste.
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The study of material remains, including buried features and standing structures, to investigate the past.
Revise: Location of Kenilworth CastleArchaeology helps investigate such changes. Michael Thompson’s study, published in 1965, examined two levels of the mere. Evidence about earlier water levels helps historians reconstruct past landscapes rather than projecting modern conditions backwards.
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The investigation of past human activity through material evidence, including objects and building remains.
Revise: Challenges and benefitsExcavation has concentrated on the eastern end of the headland around the Roman signal station. Here, archaeology supplies evidence of earlier activity that the surviving medieval castle alone could not reveal.
The excavation and study of physical remains, such as buildings, objects and food waste, to investigate past societies.