Famous Archaeologists
He excavated Troy
Who is Heinreich Schliemann
The Minoans were on this island
Years before 1950
What is Before Present (BP)
The mythical city that Plato wrote about
What is Atlantis?
The British Museumđ
He excavated the palace of Knossos
Who is Sir Arthur Evans?
The pottery style where the figures are unglazed and the background is glazed
What is red figure pottery
NISP stands for
What is Number of Identified Specimens
What evidence do we have for the holy grail
Nothing
These are in the tomb of Qin Shi-Huang
What are the terracotta warriors
He is credited for founding American archaeology
Who was the "archaeologist" who stole everything from the Acropolis and brought it to England
Who is Lord Elgin?
GIS stands for
What is Geographic Information Systems (maps)
The archenemies of archaeology. (If you get both you get double, if you get just one you get the normal amount of points.)
Erich von DĂ€niken and Graham Hancock
The most famous supposed calendar in England
What is Stonehenge
Who is Harriet Boyd Hawes
Pompeii fell in this year
What is 79 AD
Dendrochronology is conducted by
What is counting tree rings
The myth that Native American sites were built by a previous race/aliens/white people
Göbekli Tepe is important because...
What is the oldest neolithic site?
This animal is co-credited for deciphering the Mayan language
What is a cat
This well-known leader excavated Caligulas ships
Who is Benito Mussolini
C3 and C4 plants are different because of...
What is the process of photosynthesis?
This is the idea that all innovations came from a single people/civilization and spread world wide
What is hyperdiffusionism?
These sites are sacred places in Andean culture
What are huacas?