Latin Culture 28

What do archaeologists use to date roman ruins

• Coins

• Carbon dating

• flower petals

• types of wood

What can often reveal trade and travel patterns

• Pottery

• Fences

• Dirt

• Furniture

Inscriptions on soldier's graves often detailed which of the following

• Rank

• Legion

• Length of service

• Age of Death

What 2 things does the latin book mostly use as evidence?

• Tacitus Biography of Agricola

• Autobiography of Cogidubnus

• Julius Caesar's account of his mission to britian

• Journal of Modestus

What 2 things will archaeologist look for when excavating a site?

• Dirt type

• Snails

• Building foundations

• Dinosaur Bones

What does an acheaologist need some skills of?

• Superhero

• roman legionare

• detective

• cook

What is one of the problems with only using a few books to write the stories

• Bias of the writer

• Too much information

• No knowlege of romans

Archaeologists sometimes have limited time to dig up a site because:

• A Hurricane is coming

• The site is often discovered by people wanting to build on it

• a competitor might steal the site

• The rocks might disappear

What was on roman coins that allowed them to be dated

• The date

• The current Roman emperors head

• The Legions name

• The owner of the coin's head

Why are coins and pottery NOT the most reliable form of dating

• They were used for generations or more

• They are small

• They don't show signs of age