Vocabulary
Specialists
Dig It!
Tools
Miscellaneous
100
To reveal or unearth by digging.
What is excavate?
100

A scientist who studies artifacts from the past to learn about the people and their way of life

What is an archaeologist?

100
taking a broken-down object and making it look new again
What is to restore OR restoration?
100
Used to dig up large amounts of dirt
What is a spade or shovel?
100
a place where many scientists work
What is a laboratory?
200
a place where artifacts and ancient cities are found.
What is an archaeological site?
200
A scientist who studies ancient symbols and language.
Who is a linguist?
200
to make a very organized list of ALL the objects found
What is to catalogue?
200
Used for measuring out grid lines to make grid units.
What is a tape measure?
200
thousands of soldiers underground in China.
What are the Terra-Cotta Warriors?
300
objects made or altered by humans including tools, weapons and works of art or pottery.
What are artifacts?
300
a person who studies the earth like rocks, ice, or liquid
Who is a geologist?
300

These are used to mark out the dig for cataloguing purposes

What are grids?

300
Separates the dirt from the artifacts
What is a sieve?
300
breaks down or decomposes in 10 years to 20 years
What is paper OR material OR wood?
400
This is the study of layers in an archaeological site or dig.
What is stratigraphy?
400
a person who studies plants, pollen, either from today, or a long time ago.
What is a botanist?
400

to keep something in the best possible condition.

What is to preserve?

400
Necessary to draw where artifacts are found on the site
What is a pencil and paper?
400
A Chemist may determine the age of an object up to 50,000 years old using this method.
What is radiocarbon OR carbon-14 dating?
500
to make a conclusion or educated guess using facts and actual evidence.
What is an inference?
500
a scientist who studies bones, skeletons and mummies to discover the culture from which they came.
What is a paleo-anthropologist?
500
the layers of earth which can be disrupted by natural disasters or by humans.
What is a strata OR stratum?
500
Photographs of the site may be taken so the objects can be recorded exactly where they were found
What is 'in situ'?
500

The temple city built by King Suryavarman II

What is Angkor Wat?

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