Vocabulary

archaeological site: a place where human activity occurred and material  remains were left 

archaeology: the study of artifacts and sites to learn how people lived in the  past 

artifact: anything made or used by humans 

context: the relationship artifacts have to the situation in which they are found 

association: the relationship artifacts have to each other in the archaeological  record 

inference: a conclusion derived from observations 

observation: recognizing or noting a fact or occurrence