2. Archaeologist

• archaeologist - a person who studies the past through the remains of artifacts and other material culture
• artifact - an object made by humans, especially one that is considered to be valuable or important because it provides information about the people who created it
• archaeology - the study of the remains of past human societies and cultures
• archaeological dig - a systematic search for artifacts and remains of past human activity
• Bronze Age - when people used bronze to make tools
• excavation - the process of removing soil and rock from a site to expose the underlying structure
• Aerial photograph - A photograph taken from an aircraft, showing the ground and its features.
• test trench - a test pit used to determine the suitability of a site for an excavation
• topsoil - the topmost most recent layer of soil
• radio-carbon dating - determines the age of an object by measuring the amount of carbon-14 in the object
• mesolithic - of the middle stone age
• hunter-gatherer - a person who lives by hunting and gathering food
• geoghysical survey - the process of gathering information about what is below the surface
• passage tomb - tomb consisting of a passageway leading to a burial chamber
• pollen analysis - pollen grains are used to determine the age of fossils by seeing what was growing during that Time period
• stratigraphy - dating artefacts by looking at the layers they were found on
• dendrochronology - the study of the growth rings of trees to determine the age of a tree or wooden object
• Iron Age -when people used iron to make tools
• conservation - when historic objects are protected to prevent them from decaying
• Excavating a site

  1 - carry out a survey to see if its worth it
• Excavating a site

  2 - dig test trenches and set up a grid
• Excavating a site

  3 - remove topsoil
• Excavating a site

  4 - dig very carefully as to not damage anything
• Excavating a site

  5- use brushes to remove soil from any objects found
• Excavating a site

  6 - use sieves to ensure nothing is thrown away in the soil
• Excavating a site

  7 - record the position of everything found and photograph them
• Excavating a site

  8 - catalogue details of everything found
• Excavating a site

  9 - put everything into separate bags and label them and send them to the lab for testing
• Excavating a site

  10 - after testing object are sent to a museum