What is an archaeological site for kids?
An archeological site is a place where archaeologists work. Usually, evidence has been found (or is suppposed to be there) of a previous cultural achievement.
How do you explain archaeology to a child?
Archaeology is the study of people and artifacts from ancient times. If people didn’t leave written records, how do we know what gods they worshipped, what food they ate, or what clothes they wore? Archaeology!
What are 5 facts about archaeology?
10 Things You Might Not Know about Archaeology
- 1) Not all archaeology is underground.
- 2) Archaeologists usually have a good idea of what they’ll find before they start digging.
- 3) Archaeologists aren’t only interested in gold.
- 4) Dinosaurs aren’t involved in archaeology.
What archaeologists do?
Archaeologists wash, sort, catalog, and store recovered artifacts after bringing them back from the field. They analyze individual artifacts, but also may sort them into groups to see patterns. For example, they might weigh all the oyster shells together or count all the nails and consider them as one unit.
What kind of tools do archaeologists use?
Generally during an excavation, an archaeologist’s tool box consists of some basic tools regardless of the type of excavation. Shovels, trowels, spades, brushes, sieves, and buckets are some of the more obvious or common tools that an archaeologist may carry with them to most digs.
What is called archaeologist?
Archaeology is the study of the ancient and recent human past through material remains. Archaeologists might study the million-year-old fossils of our earliest human ancestors in Africa. Or they might study 20th-century buildings in present-day New York City.
What’s an archaeologist do?
What does an archaeologist do?
Who was the first archaeologist?
king Nabonidus
In Ancient Mesopotamia, a foundation deposit of the Akkadian Empire ruler Naram-Sin (ruled circa 2200 BCE) was discovered and analysed by king Nabonidus, circa 550 BCE, who is thus known as the first archaeologist.