Archaeology – National Geographic - Summarising
What is “Archaeology”?
What are the TWO categories that archaeologist divide materials into in order to study them?
What is the difference between a feature and an artefact? Give examples.
What is “Overburden”?
List THREE different types of artefacts?
How do archaeologists study prehistoric civilisations?
What is a “Clovis, Eden and Folsom Point”?
What is one of the ways Archaeologists studied the Roman Empire?
Why is the way they studied of the Roman Empire different to the way the studied the Prehistoric
Civilisations?
What is “Peat”?
How does Peat help preserve “Organic Materials”?
What is the most famous Neolithic monument in England?
What did the Roman mosaic in Agrigento, Sicily, Italy reveal about the Romans, hunting anf fighting
and trading?
Archaeology – National Geographic - Summarising
How are some artefacts “accidentally” found as was the case in Greece?
How did archaeologists use sonar to assist them in locating artefacts?
What were archaeologists able to diagnose in relation to Tutankhamun and Ramses II?
How do archaeologists use CT scans to assist when looking at artefacts and features?
What other scientists do archaeologists help?
What is “ethnoarchaeology”?
What THREE Artifacts can Archaeologists rarely preserve for to study? Why?
How do “old Maps” help archaeologists?
How have old maps helped archaeologists understand the modern city of Gyeongju?
Did the City of Troy actually ever exist?
What do forensic anthropologists do?
Archaeology – National Geographic - Summarising