Written in Bone

"The study of past events"

• History

• Examine

• Evidence

• Mystery

"Something that proves something else is true"

• Excavate

• Examine

• Evidence

• Mystery

"To uncover something by digging in the dirt"

• Mystery

• Examine

• Evidence

• Excavate

"Something that is not known or difficult to explain"

• Excavate

• Mystery

• History

• Evidence

"to look closely at something to learn about it"

• History

• Mystery

• Examine

• Evidence

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 

Tags

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