Lesson 9 ARCHAEOLOGY

What is an artifact?

• Remains from things that are man made

• Remains of leving things .... not man made

Which of these is NOT a tool that Archaeologists would use in a dig?

• Radar

• Sonar

• Shovel

• Cars

While planting my garden, I found an old bone.

Did I find a fossil or an artifact?

• Artifact

• Fossil

Archaeologists investigate the cultures of early civilizations mainly by studying .....

• Internet

• Newspaper

• Artifacts

• Photography

What is the definition for the word “dig”?

• The searching of an archaeological site

• Making a critical remark to someone

• An old car

• A person's house or apartment

While exploring the woods near my house. I found an arrowhead.

Did I find a fossil or an artifact?

• Fossil

• Artifact

what is a fossil?

• Remains from things that are man made

• Remains of living things ... not man made

An archaeologists job can be compared to attempting to put together a puzzle with limited pieces.

• True

• False

what do archaeologists do?

• Speak many languages

• Discover mofe about the past

• Search for dinosaur bones ONLY

• Built giant structure

What is archaeology?

• The sience of how we learn about MATHs

• The science of how we learn about outer space

• The science of how we leran about the future

• The science of how we learn about the past by studying artifacts