The Archaeologists

Question 0

Rescue Archaeology

Answer 0

Archaeologists carry out a dig before construction of a new road or building takes place.

Question 1

Research Archaeology

Answer 1

Some sites are chosen to be excavated because there is a reason to believe that an artefact will be found e.g. Story or reference to the area in a document.

Question 2

Geophysical Survey

Answer 2

Archaeologists x-Ray the site with a machine to look at the soil beneath.

Question 3

Aerial Photography

Answer 3

A photo of the site taken from the sky. It might show features not visible from ground level.

Question 4

Post-holes

Answer 4

Dark patches left by wooden poles in the soil. They might show the outline of a house even though the house no longer exists.

Question 5

Stratigraphy

Answer 5

A method of dating artefacts. The lowed down in the soil they are found the older they are.

Question 6

Carbon or radiocarbon dating

Answer 6

A method of dating artefacts. All the living things contain carbon-14. When the living thing dies, it begins to lose carbon-14. The older an object is, the less carbon-14 in it.

Question 7

Dendrochronology

Answer 7

A method of dating wooden objects. Each year a tree adds a new ring to its trunk. These rings add up to tell us the age of the tree. Archaeologists study ring patterns on wooden objects to date them.

Question 8

Archaeologists

Answer 8

Dig up the ground to find clue/evidence from the past left by our ancestors.

Question 9

Artefacts

Answer 9

Man-made objects buried in the ground.