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The Distant Past

The Distant Past. Archaeology. Do Now. Take out your vocabulary sheets. Who are archeologists? What is their job and why might they have to work carefully in their field? . Archaeology. Studies things earlier people left behind Campsites, shelters, other buildings

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The Distant Past

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  1. The Distant Past Archaeology

  2. Do Now Take out your vocabulary sheets. Who are archeologists? What is their job and why might they have to work carefully in their field?

  3. Archaeology Studies things earlier people left behind Campsites, shelters, other buildings Artifacts: art, clothing, pottery, tools, weapons Fossils: animals and humans

  4. Excavation To expose or lay bare by as if by digging, unearth

  5. Artifacts

  6. Fossils

  7. Activity 1 Write the significance of each of the following tools an archaeologist uses: Notebook Shovel Brush Pick Radiocarbon Dating

  8. Wrap Up List 3 things that you learned today about archaeology

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