DIG IT!
The careful removal of soil to uncover artifacts
What is excavation?
How long ago was beer created?
When is 6,000 years?
It's Monday morning and you have not done your timesheet, what do you do?
What is do it the Friday before?
The Egyptian boy king whose tomb was discovered in 1922
Who is Tutankhamun?
The living descendants whose voices guide the work.
Who are Tribal monitors?
This type of dig uses small pits to find where to excavate larger areas
What is shovel test pits? or STP's
Where are the oldest Human Remains in North America documented?
Where is Channel Islands, CA (Arlington Springs) 13,000 years old
Your day involves traveling off-road and you forgot this?
What is a tow strap?
The prehistoric monument in England aligned with the solstice
What is Stonehenge?
Ceremony sometimes done to bless the ground before work.
What is smudging?
This material, made from volcanic glass, was prized for sharp edges
What is obsidian?
Where are the oldest petroglyphs in the world?
Where is Western Australia?
You are monitoring at night and you forgot your flashlight what do you do?
You tell your NAM, and they have their cousin bring a floodlight?
This “lost city” in Peru sits high in the Andes
What is Machu Picchu?
When the native monitor looks at you and says, “It’s time to stop for the day,” you say…
What is ‘Yes, thank you’?
The term for an artifact found in its original location
What is in situ?
How old is the oldest evidence of clothing in the world?
When is between; 90,000 and 120,000 years ago?
You purchased field supplies on the company credit card what do you do?
What is give the receipt to RC?
The oldest known human footprints in North America were found here
What is White Sands, New Mexico?
The cultural value of a place that might not have artifacts but has deep ancestral meaning.
What is a Traditional Cultural Property (TCP)?
The process of determining the age of an object using carbon isotopes
What is radiocarbon dating?
Where was the oldest evidence of clothing in the world located?
Where is Morocco?
Contrebandiers Cave, located on the Atlantic coast of Morocco.
You walked out of your house and couldn't find this?
What is your truck?
The massive stone statues of Easter Island
What are moai?
When human remains are found, work stops and this process begins.
What is the NAHC and Most Likely Descendant notification?