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ARCHAEOLOGY
1) According to the reading, what is one reason that archaeologists study old objects ?
2) Describe how we learn about people who lived before books were ever written.
3) Explain how the "inch by inch" excavation method that is used by today's
archaeologists is different than the excavation practices of archaeologists from the 1700s.
4) Identify three of the archaeological discoveries that have been made by children.
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5) Identify three ways that archaeologists can decide where an excavation site might be
located.
6) Describe the excavation process that archeologists follow in order to excavate a site.
7) What dating system is Christian Thomsen famous for inventing and what are the three
parts of this system ?
8) How do archaeologists determine the age of once-living objects once they have been
excavated from a site?
9) Lists four jobs that an archaeologists might have that do not require digging at a site.