The Work of an Archaeologist
Across
- 1. Powder produced by plants, which helps archaeologists to find out what plants were growing when
- 5. Building that holds and displays objects
- 6. An object made by humans
- 9. Finding out the age of timber by studying the pattern of rings
- 10. The study of the past through material remains
- 13. Type of dating technique, used to date ancient objects by measuring the amount of carbon-14 they contain
Down
- 2. Digging up the earth to look for historical objects
- 3. The story of the past before written sources
- 4. A method of dating objects where the oldest layers are at the bottom and the youngest layers are at the top
- 7. The protection and preservation of ancient objects, documents and pictures
- 8. Type of survey that uses scientific instruments to reveal what lies under the surface of the ground
- 11. A chance discovery made in China uncovered an army of soldiers made from this clay material
- 12. The examination and recording of an area and its features