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In pairs complete the online activity.
It is important that you consider the following:
Keep a detailed record of all
information you acquire. You can take screen prints of the
sources you acquire.
Keep a record of every decision that you make and how you
reached that decision. Explain why you rejected the
alternative. Make a note of any disagreement between you and
your partner. Keep detailed accounts of all your spending. |
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Once you have completed the paired activity.
Individually get a copy of your detailed record and then answer
the following questions on your own. Problems for the
archaeologist continued…
- What
are the advantages of researching in the county records before
undertaking an excavation?
- How
might the archaeologist use old maps?
- How
useful are aerial photographs to the archaeologist?
- What
is a geophysical survey?
- Why
is it impossible to use a trowel and brush on all potential
sites?
- Why
does the analysis of the findings cost more if the pickaxe has
been used?
- Why
does an archaeologist ‘sample’ the site?
- How
useful are the pickaxe and shovel to the archaeologist?
- What
can we learn from the skeleton?
- In
the report, what archaeological techniques are used to
discover the following: (a) the age of the skeleton (b) where
the buried man was born (c) the age of the man when he died?
- Did
the man own the pottery and dagger?
- Why
are snails useful sources for the archaeologist?
Finally, what general advice would you give to someone
considering undertaking an archaeological excavation for the first
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