Volume 1, Issue 1

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Extract from a local newspaper
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Objects of Roman origin in the local
museum. These were found in 1958 by a farmer in
Adolphs Meadow.
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Extract from a modern map
Adolphs Fm
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1763 Tithe Map
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Aerial photograph of Adolphs meadow
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Designs of Typical Roman Villas
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Instructions Situation You are county
archaeologists, with particular interest in Roman
finds. You want to do a dig in the summer, but
you do not know where to start. Then, one
morning, you open your local paper A. Farmers
find in field 1. What has been found? 2. What
other interesting details are in the article? 3.
What could you, as an archaeologist, do next? B.
Museum finds 3. What items of interest can you
see? 4. Why might these particular items interest
you? C. Modern map 5. What clues are there that
this area might be of interest? 6. What is not
mentioned that you might have hoped to see? D.
Tithe map 7. How can you tell that this is the
same area as the modern map? 8. What new
information is there of interest to you? E.
Aerial photo 9. How can you tell this is the same
area as in the previous information? 10. What new
information does it provide? 11. Draw the outline
of the shape? F. Designs of Typical Roman
Villas 12. How do these pictures help you decide
what the aerial photo (E) shows? 13. Which design
is most like the one in the photo (E)? Task You
need money (funding) to begin your excavation.
Prepare an argument, using the evidence, to
convince the committee that they should give it
to you. Hint the committee is likely to give the
money to the group which refers in detail to all
the evidence, and which convinces it that this
site is worth digging up.