Investigating the Ancient Past

What is Archaeology?

• The study of dinosaur bones
• The study of artifacts
• Playing adventure video games
• The study of old rocks

Archaeology is important because it helps us understand our ______.

• past
• present 
• future
• dreams

What is the job of an Archaeologist?

• to study past cultures, human remains, settlements, fossils, and artifacts
• To study scientific and historical fossils from dinosaurs
• To find cool stuff underground
• To study the relationship between geography and fossils 

Which of the following would be considered a fossil?

• decayed plant remains
• clay pots
• scrolls 
• arrowhead

An area where archaeologist dig things up from the past is called

• site 
• wash
• hole
• laboratory

Archaeologists study the materials left by people and their cultures in the past. 

• Fact
• Opinion

Things we find that were formed by people of the past are called

• artifacts
• monoliths
• statues
• replicas

Studying the layers of soil to date your find is called

• stratigraphy
• soilmanship
• layerology
• soil chemistry

You can find an artifact in your own backyard

• true
• false

What is an artifact? 

• Remains of object, buildings from the past
• A social scientist
• Features of Earth still around from the past
• Fossils