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Y7 History Homework
Unit: 7A
Title:
Archaeologist
Week 29
Choose the correct answer:
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Whose job is most like an archaeologist?
1. ? a shop keeper
2. ? a detective
3. ? a builder
4. ? a doctor
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Who was one of the first archaeologists that we know about?
1. ? King Alfred of Wessex in 880AD
2. ? Thomas Becket at Canterbury in 1150 AD
3. ? Julius Caesar of Rome in 65BC
4. ? Nabonidus of Babylon in about 550 BC
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A site or dig
1. ? is a method of removing artefacts from soil
2. ? are any manmade objects
3. ? where archaeologists look for evidence
4. ? what archaeologist do when they are looking for artefacts
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Excavate
1. ? what archaeologist do went they are looking for artefacts
2. ? where archaeologists look for evidence
3. ? is used to help measure the position of small things
4. ? is a method of removing artefacts from soil
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An aerial photograph
1. ? is a method of removing artefacts from soil
2. ? is a layer of soil in a dig
3. ? what archaeologist do went they are looking for artefacts
4. ? what archaeologist may use to see the ground more clearly
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A theodolite
1. ? are any manmade objects
2. ? what archaeologist do went they are looking for artefacts
3. ? an instrument used to measure the position of large features
4. ? is a layer of soil in a dig
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A plumb line
1. ? is used to help measure the position of small things
2. ? what archaeologist do went they are looking for artefacts
3. ? is a method of removing artefacts from soil
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Artefacts
1. ? are any manmade objects
2. ? what archaeologist may use to see the ground more clearly
3. ? is a layer of soil in a dig
4. ? an instrument used to measure the position of large features
5. ? is used to help measure the position of small things
6. ? what archaeologist do went they are looking for artefacts
A stratum
1. ? is a method of removing artefacts from soil
2. ? an instrument used to measure the position of large features
3. ? are any manmade objects
4. ? where archaeologists look for evidence
5. ? is a layer of soil in a dig
6. ? what archaeologist may use to see the ground more clearly
7. ? is used to help measure the position of small things
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Screening
1. ? is a method of removing artefacts from soil
2. ? are any manmade objects
3. ? is a layer of soil in a dig
4. ? are any manmade objects
And then read one of the articles in History in the News! and write 2 sentences about what
you found out. These are the sections that have archaeological links. They are in the order
in which they appear.
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Play was important - even 4,000 year ago
HOLES IN THE HEAD
Mystery: 97 new born babies found buried together in a Roman Villa
Romans 'may have settled as far south-west as Cornwall'
What is radio carbon dating and how does this help tell just how long ago the Egyptian
Pharaohs lived?
Neanderthals in Britain much earlier than we thought
On Crete, New Evidence of Very Ancient Mariners
THE Viking influence on Orkney and Shetland is to be investigated as part of a major
international study over the next three years.
Neanderthal 'make-up' discovered
Ancient Weapons Dug Up by Archaeologists in England
World's Oldest Submerged Town Dates Back 5,000 Years
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