The archaeologist

Question 0

Rescue archaeology

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Archaeologists carry out a dig before construction of a new road or building takes place

Question 1

Research archaeology

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Some sites are chosen to be exauted because sometimes there is reasons to believe that an artefact will be found, e.g story or reference to the area in a document

Question 2

Geophysical survey

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Archaeologists x-Ray the site with a machine to look at the soil beneath.

Question 3

Aerial photograph

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A photo of the site taken from the sky. It might show features not visible from ground level

Question 4

Post-holes

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Dark patches left by wooden poles in the soil. They might show the outline of a house even though the house doesnt exist anymore

Question 5

Stratigraphy

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A method of dating artefacts. The lower down in the soil they are found the older they are.

Question 6

Carbon or radiocarbon dating

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A methed dating artefacts. All living things contain carbon-14. When the living dies it begins to loose carbon-14. The older an object, the less carbon in it

Question 7

Dendrochronology

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A method of dating wooden object. Each year a tree adds a new ring to its trunk. These rings add up to tell us the age of the tree. Archaeology study ring patterns on wooden objects to date them

Question 8

Artefacts

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Man made objects fro the past