What two tools are usually used for digging up the more delicate and fragile artefacts such as a skeleton?

1.   ?    A Trowel and Brush
2.   ?    A shovel and Pickaxe
3.   ?    A Digger
4.   ?    A tractor

What is the best time to take an aerial photograph?

1.   ?    Mid-day
2.   ?    Dawn and Dusk
3.   ?    Night time
4.   ?    Cloudy day

What is it called when you clean and put back together an artefact so that it can be studied or displayed?

1.   ?    Golden rule
2.   ?    Excavation
3.   ?    Conservation
   
4.   ?    Find

How do you call a pattern of ditches and little hills?

1.   ?    Cropmarks
   
2.   ?    Leaves
3.   ?    aerial photograph
4.   ?    a hill

What tool is used when photographs are taken of small features or objects?

1.   ?    Bricklayer’s pointing trowel
   
   
   
2.   ?    Photo Sale
3.   ?    Handpick
4.   ?    10-m cloth tape

What kind of survey involves using an instrument called a magnetometer?

1.   ?    Geothermal survey
2.   ?    Underground survey
3.   ?    Geophysical survey
4.   ?    Aerial survey

What tool is often used for fine work and fragile remains?

1.   ?    Toothbrush
2.   ?    Brush
3.   ?    Handpick
4.   ?    Dental Picks

Which particular site was covered in ash on 24 August A.D 79?

1.   ?    London
2.   ?    Lyon
3.   ?    Seattle
4.   ?    Pompeii
   

What is the name of an all-purpose tool used for excavating a site?

1.   ?    A trowel
2.   ?    A pickaxe
3.   ?    Bricklayer’s pointing trowel
4.   ?    A shovel

Which tool is likely used for correct vertical plotting?

1.   ?    Small brush
2.   ?    Plumb Bob
3.   ?    Photo scale
4.   ?    Handpick

Name one tool, which is used to conserve artefacts?

1.   ?    Glue
2.   ?    Brush
3.   ?    Paper
4.   ?    Pins

Which place could you visit for information before undertaking an excavation?

1.   ?    A Restraunt
2.   ?    Country Records
3.   ?    A Game store
4.   ?    A pub

Name a word, which involves an excavation?

1.   ?    Digging
2.   ?    Jumping
3.   ?    Running
4.   ?    Playing

What is it called when you take a photograph from above the ground?

1.   ?    Big photograph
2.   ?    Aerial photograph
3.   ?    Sky photograph
4.   ?    Clear Photograph

What else can you do before undertaking an excavation which gives you lots of information?

1.   ?    Take a photo
2.   ?    Look at the site
3.   ?    Dig a layer
4.   ?    A Geophysical survey

What do you do when you carry out a geophysical survey?

1.   ?    Make a cup of tea
2.   ?    Look for hidden artefacts and features in the ground
3.   ?    Make a map of the site.
4.   ?    Rebuild the broken artefacts that you have found.

From what source can you find out how old a skeleton is.

1.   ?    From carbon dating
2.   ?    From what he ate
3.   ?    From the colour of the skeleton
4.   ?    Crushing it

What are we doing to the past when we excavate?

1.   ?    We destroy the past
2.   ?    We give the ground some air
3.   ?    We uncover things
4.   ?    We give it nutrients

What is the oldest human species found?

1.   ?    Dinosaur
2.   ?    Lucy
3.   ?    Ape
4.   ?    Mammoth