Written in Bone Quiz 1

A branch of science that helps us learn about people of the past.

• Archaeologist 
• Forensic anthropologist 
• Anthropologist 

A specialist who examines skeletons for clues that will provide evidence about the life and death of the people to whom they belonged.

• archaeologist 
• Forensic Anthropologist 
• Botanist 

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RI.7.4

objects made and used by early humans, usually dug up by archaeologists

• debris
• bones 
• artifacts

surface layer of soil, the upper part of the dirt

• topsoil
• sub soil
• astroturf

the layer of soil beneath the top soil

• topsoil
• sub soil
• substitute soil 

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RI.7.4

areas colored differently than the surrounding soil

• debris
• clay 
• soil stains

A base or support on which something stands, archaeologists remove all the soil surrounding the bones except for that which is directly under them.

• table 
• pedestal 
• archaeology table 

Covered or hidden from view, the practice of wrapping a body in cloth for burial

• burial 
• shrouded
• mummified 

family descent, lineage

• anthropology
• architecture 
• ancestry 

the bony caps located at the ends of long bones

• epiphyses
• cartilage
• ligaments