Archaeology Basics
This is the name for objects made by people in the past.
What are artifacts?
The Altamira Cave is located in this country.
What is Spain?
These animals were found painted on the ceiling.
What are animals (like bison or deer)?
Many people didn't believe the paintings were this.
What is very old / made by ancient people?
The cave was closed to the public in this year.
What is 1977?
Besides digging, archaeologists spend a lot of time doing this with artifacts.
What is studying them?
This man explored the cave with his daughter.
Who is Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola?
The paintings were well-preserved because the cave had been closed by this.
What are rocks?
People didn’t think early humans had this kind of skill.
What is painting or artistic ability?
Breathing caused this to form, which damaged the paintings.
What is moisture?
Name one thing that can damage artifacts.
What is sun / air / moisture / wind?
This family member first spotted the paintings on the ceiling.
Who is his daughter?
Sautuola estimated the paintings were this many years old.
What is 18,000 years old?
Paintings in caves in this other country helped prove Sautuola was right.
What is France?
A life-size model of the cave was built inside this kind of building.
What is a museum?
Do this before you read a passage on a test.
What is preread the questions?
Made up of introduction, rising action, climax, and resolution.
What is plot?
Funny, smart, determined, irresponsible, logical, happy are all examples of this.
What are character traits?
The time and location in which a story takes place.
What is setting?
What is problem and solution?