Tools and terms
Sarcophagus
False
Are lower layers older or younger than higher layers?
Older
What symbol represents a 5 in maya counting?
A bar
What is the name for a four traingle-sided building that comes to a point at the top
Pyramid
What is pottery made out of?
Clay
What were two items we found in our dig yesterday?
Coins, Elephants, Jenga blocks, incense sticks, gemstones, pottery sherds, phone case, batteries
Name one kind of stone tool that we made or discussed
Arrowhead, handaxe, mortar and pestle/molcajete, side scraper, fish hook, harpoon point, etc.
What word do we use to mean dig dirt out of a site to retrieve artifacts?
Excavate
what is another word for pottery made from earth?
Ceramics
What is one reason it is important that archaeologists are careful when they remove dirt?
They dont want to damage the artifacts OR they want to keep the artifacts in place
True or false: people all over the world still use stone tools?
True! While not as much or as we used to, many people still use different kinds of stone tools
What tool do archaeologists use to scrape away dirt?
Trowel
what key step turns the pottery from moldable to hard?
Firing at high temperatures
Why is it important that archaeologists draw what they find before they dig it out of the ground?
Because after it is excavated, it cannot be put back the way it was.
And/or
It is important for future archaeologists to know what your site looked like so they can study it!
What kinds of things are common in cave paintings? Name one.
Animals, hunting scenes, hand prints
what tool do archaeologists use to sort through dirt and find small artifacts
Sieve
what is a small broken piece of pottery called in archaeology?
A sherd
What is the top layer of soil in an archaeological dig called?
The superficial layer
How are archaeologists different from historians?
Historians study written human history, while archaeologists study humans through the items and structures they leave behind