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Mock Excavations grade level: 5-8
Students will practice excavation, note-taking skills, and analysis of artifacts and features in stratified soils at a simulated site. Artifact Analysis grade level: 5-8
Students will practice artifact analysis and interpretation by studying prehistoric and historic artifacts. Math in Archaeology grade level: 5-8
Students will practice math skills in a classroom simulation of an archaeological excavation. This activity may be worked on throughout the year, or completed over several days as a review unit. Stratigraphy and the Laws of Superposition! grade level: 5-8
Instructor will relate the principals and mechanics of sediment deposition, site dating techniques, the correlation between time and soil levels, and possible site/soil disturbance. In groups of 3-5 people, students will use soil "keys" to match a known date and soil context to soils on the poster. The keys provide a date to apply to different features on the poster.