The Archaeologist

Question 1

How do you carry out an excavation

Answer 1

Digging trenches, remove topsoil using shovels, trowels & brushes, cataloguing al finds, taking photographs & storing all finds in labeled boxes or bags

Question 2

What are 4 ways archaeologist identify sites

Answer 2

Research archaeology, rescue archaeology, visible ruins & aerial photography

Question 3

What is archaeology

Answer 3

The study of remans left by people in the past

Question 4

What are 7 methods used by archaeologists to carry out an excavation

Answer 4

Radiocarbon dating, geophysical surveying, pollen analysis, stratigraphy, dendrochronolgy, DNA testing & 3D reconstruction

Question 5

What is dendrochronology

Answer 5

looking at how old a tree is by cutting it open and counting the ring. 1 ring = 1 year

Question 6

What is radio carbon dating

Answer 6

Looking at the carbon-14 in someone because when you are alive you have carbon-14 so depending on the level you can see how old someone is

Question 7

What is 3D reconstruction

Answer 7

using a computer to fill in or complete a part of someone’s body if id is missing so they can see what they looking like with a full face or a full body

Question 8

What is stratigraphy

Answer 8

looking at how Deep something is , the deeper they are = older they are

Question 9

What is DNA testing

Answer 9

finding body’s and being able to tell where someone is from or who the relatives are by looking at there DNA