Archaeology: Reading the Buried Past
How do we know what happened before anyone wrote it down? Digs, layers, carbon clocks, and famous finds, from a frozen traveler in the Alps to an army of clay soldiers.
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What does an archaeologist actually study?Tap an answer
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- Radiocarbon dating can find the age of which kind of find?Multiple Choice · 20s
- In which year did the eruption of Vesuvius bury the Roman city of Pompeii?Multiple Choice · 20s
- Archaeologists record the exact spot of every find before moving it.True / False · 20s
- Thousands of life-size clay soldiers, the Terracotta Army, guard the tomb of the first emperor of...Multiple Choice · 20s
- Otzi, a naturally preserved man who died about 5,300 years ago, melted out of a glacier in which mountains?Multiple Choice · 20s
- Archaeologists mainly search for dinosaur bones.True / False · 20s
- Why do archaeologists get excited about a midden, an ancient rubbish heap?Multiple Choice · 20s
- What do we call any object made or used by people in the past, from an axe to a coin? (one word)Type Answer · 30s
- What is the careful scientific digging of an ancient site called? (one word)Type Answer · 30s
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