ARCHEOLOGY

What is Archeology?

Some dig sites……

Machu Picchu – Inca ruins

Pompeii Italy

Serpent Mound, Ohio

Digging for artifacts

Finding some buildings

Examples of artifacts

Cactus Hill-----What is it? Where is it?

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/video/iceagenewev_700kW.html

Cactus Hill

How did they get here? Bering Strait?

Archaeological Dig

Write your names on the paper Write down the # of the bag Write down who you think this stuff

belonged to, or time period. Write down two reasons why you think

so. Repeat for each bag. 5 minutes for each bag.

Homework prompts – choose 1 Archeologists. What do archeologists do? How

do they help us to understand the past? Cactus Hill. What has been found at Cactus

Hill? Explain why Cactus Hill is important. Resources. Explain what natural resources,

human resources, and capital resources are. Provide examples of each.

Resources and Survival. Explain why people need natural resources, human resources, and capital resources.