Digging for History

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Digging for History
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OrWho is Indiana Jones?
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Archaeologists.

• How do they decide where to look for evidence
  that has survived from the past?

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Metal detection
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Written evidence..
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Stories and myths
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Physical evidence
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Shadow/soil marks
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Aerial photographs
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Satellite photos
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Visible infrared light
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GIS Technology
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Archaeologists

• What are they most likely to find in a dig?

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Bones
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Metal
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Pottery
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Glass
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Mosaics
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Seeds
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Pollen
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Archaeologists

• How are clues and discoveries they find preserved?

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Mummification
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Dry environment
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Water and peat bogs
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Cold environment
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Volcanic ash
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Do you know why

• Some sources survive while others didnt?
• Some sources were intentionally preserved.

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• Some sources are preserved by chance.

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• Some sources are intentionally destroyed while
  others are lost or destroyed by chance.

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Archaeologists

• Why do they look for things from the past in the
  ground?

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Natural disasters
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War
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Time and abandonment
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Archaeologists

• How do they construct a dig to study a site?

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Grid system-the horizontal component
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The vertical component
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