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MA-SB-SS

Discover the fascinating world of the South Jordanian Desert's Humayma site through the excavation and analysis of ancient artifacts. This experimental archaeology project aims to reconstruct past technologies and shed light on how people lived. From mock excavations to safety measures, this project ensures students' involvement without any risks. Extensive paperwork, post-dig processes, and artifact analysis contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the site. Explore the finds, including ceramics, faunal remains, seeds, and more, to answer questions about shelter, food, clothing, trade, and transportation. Join us in this immersive journey and think archaeology!

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MA-SB-SS

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  1. Thank You PTO MA-SB-SS

  2. South Jordanian Desert

  3. Humayma

  4. Before

  5. After

  6. Material Culture – The finds

  7. Experimental Archaeology • Reconstructing past technology to better understand how people lived • Mock Excavations • Safety for students • Assures no toxic or dangerous areas excavated

  8. Paperwork, Paperwork, Paperwork • Post-dig • Artifact form • Register finds • Data base entry • Ceramicist report • Faunal Analysis • Seed Flotation • Floral Analysis • C14 dating • Site report

  9. Classroom lab

  10. What do the artifacts tell us?How did Humans survive? Answers these questions: Shelter Food Clothing Trade Transportation

  11. Gather – Hunt – Fish - Grow – Grind - Cook FOOD

  12. Paleolithic - Wooden spears 5 million yrs. ago

  13. Neolithic Tools

  14. Modern Hunting with spears

  15. Fishing

  16. Mesolithic

  17. Agriculture – 6000 years ago Donkeys pulling a seeder plow on a cylinder seal from Tell Suleimeh, Iraq, mid-third millennium B.C.E.

  18. Farming equipment

  19. Skins – Fiber – Spinning - Weaving - Sewing CLOTHING

  20. Sheep and Goats

  21. Textiles - wool

  22. Textiles - linen

  23. SHELTER

  24. Sterkfontein Cavesshelter for hominids 4 million years

  25. Colonial Building materials

  26. Old Sherwood School

  27. Transportation and Trade

  28. Laetoli, Africa

  29. Transportation and trade

  30. Play time

  31. Modern Toys

  32. Ceramics – Potsherds reconstruction

  33. Greek culture

  34. THINK ARCHAEOLOGY Not Indiana Jones

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