Archeology Notes
Archeology is the study _________________ of the past by finding and examining _____________________.
Artifacts are: ___________________ ______________. Things that are found from the past (_________ fragments,
pottery pieces, _____________________ etc.).
Why do they do this? Why not just read books about these ancient cultures?
The problem is that very few of these ancient cultures had a ________________ _____________________. The
archeologists' job is to try to piece together a jigsaw puzzle representing the people of the past. Every
new piece of the puzzle helps to explain a society better, and each artifact that the archeologists find is
another piece.
Here are some of the things that they have found:
About 20,000 years ago, as the world was entering into an __________________, enough water was sucked up
into the ______________ that there was land connecting what is now ____________with what is now
_______________. This strip of land is known as the _______________________ across the ______________________.
It is believed that the first people to come to North America were probably following their _________, like
the ___________________________. Over time, these people (who we now call _________________________) spread out
over all of North and South America, setting up different types of civilization based on the
__________________________ and ________________________________ of the region.
There is much that scientists are still trying to learn about these early people that came to the Americas.
A very important archeological discovery was made right here in _____________, in a place that archeologists
call ____________________ in _________________________________________, near ________________________.
Archeologists have determined that people lived in this area almost _____________ years ago, making it one
of the ____________________ archeological sites in ______________________________________.
Archeology Notes
Archeologists study the cultures of the past by finding and examining artifacts.
Artifacts are: ___________________ ______________. Things that are found from the past (_________ fragments,
pottery pieces, _____________________ etc.).
Why do they do this? Why not just read books about these ancient cultures?
The problem is that very few of these ancient cultures had a ________________ _____________________. The
archeologists' job is to try to piece together a jigsaw puzzle representing the people of the past. Every
new piece of the puzzle helps to explain a society better, and each artifact that the archeologists find is
another piece.
Here are some of the things that they have found:
About 20,000 years ago, as the world was entering into an __________________, enough water was sucked up
into the ______________ that there was land connecting what is now ____________with what is now
_______________. This strip of land is known as the _______________________ across the ______________________.
It is believed that the first people to come to North America were probably following their _________, like
the ___________________________. Over time, these people (who we now call _________________________) spread out
over all of North and South America, setting up different types of civilization based on the
__________________________ and ________________________________ of the region.
There is much that scientists are still trying to learn about these early people that came to the Americas.
A very important archeological discovery was made right here in _____________, in a place that archeologists
call ____________________ in _________________________________________, near ________________________.
Archeologists have determined that people lived in this area almost _____________ years ago, making it one
of the ____________________ archeological sites in ______________________________________.