Archaeology:

Archaeology

What is an archaeologist?

Fossils and Artifacts

What is a site?

Finding a Site

Permission to Dig  

Grids and Labeling

Tools of the Trade

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Artifacts and Fossils

 

An archaeologist must know the different between an artifact and a fossil. 

Fossils are the remains of living things (plants, animals, people), not of things that were made.

Artifacts are the remains of things that were made, not the remains of living things. 

 

Can you tell the difference between
 an artifact and a fossil? Let's find out!"

1. While planting my garden, I found an old bone. Did I find a fossil or an artifact?

2. While exploring the woods near my house, I found an arrowhead. Did I find a fossil or an artifact? 

 

The answer is: 

1. A fossil. A bone is the remains of something that was once living. 

2. An artifact. An arrowhead is something that was made.

 

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Civilizations for Kids:
Early Humans 
Mesopotamia/Sumer
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Ancient China
Ancient Africa 
Ancient Celts
Incas, Mayas, Aztecs