What you need to know.

Archaeologists and their work

Archaeologists study artefacts .

Artefacts are objects found from the past that give clues to historical living.

Archaeologists dig at sites where people from the past left evidence about the way they lived.

Good places for archaeological sites are...

Burial Chambers

Rubbish heaps

Old buildings

It is very important that the archaeological dig is carried out properly.

Can you dig it?

1st They remove a top layer of vegetation... e.g. Grass.

2nd They make a map or plan.

3rd They make a grid and mark it with numbers or letters.

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4th Each dig is then dug out very ,very ,very carefully

They use trowels, brushes and buckets...they even use toothbrushes to remove muck from artefacts/objects they find...they could be priceless, so no messing!

5th They mark the map were an item was found, place it in a bag and then send it to be dated by scientists....

3 types of dating....

Stratigraphy

Carbon Dating

Pollen Analysis

Stratigraphy –

The lower down it is the older it could be....

Carbon dating –

The less carbon contained in the plant or animal the longer the older they are.

Pollen analysis –

Pollen grains can be found after thousands of years and are studied by science.

1. Name the two types of historical sources .2. What is meant by bias? Give an example.

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3. Who are archaeologists and what do they do?4. Art_____ __are objects found that help us learn

more about the past.5. Name the 3 ways of dating objects from the

past? _____________________________________________

6. ___________ __carry out digs on archaeological sites.