Archaeology webquest

What is archaeology?

• The study of archs

• The study of fossils

• THe study of artifacts, remains and ruins

What is a fossil?

• THe remains of a non-living thing

• A historical artifact made by a human

• The remains of a living thing.

A scientist who studies archaeology is called what?

• paleontologist

• Archaeologist

• Chemist

• Teacherologist

What is a primary source?

• A first hand account of a topic

• A second-hand account of a topic

• an answer to a question

• an opinion about primates

When you excavate something you.......?

• Bury it

• break it

• dig it up

• burn it

True or False:

Archaeologist's use are brushes, buckets, scraping tools, magnify glass, rope, pencils, notebook, maps, flags and may other items to help them organize their findings.

• True

• False

True or False:

Artifacts are often found in Midden

• True

• False

What is an artifact?

• A living thing

• The remains of a living thing

• A historical object made by humans

What is the job of an Archaeologist?

• to study past cultures, by analyzing artifacts, remains and ruins

• To study scientific and historical fossils from dinosaurs

• To find cool stuff underground

• To study the relationship between geography and fossils

An ancient garbage heap

• midden

• find

• site

• artifact