Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Simon Fraser University
THE GREAT ANSWER PAGE
 
 
#1:    Why do we call the site DhRl 16?
DhRl 16 IS A BORDEN NUMBER, USED BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS TO
MAP OUT WHERE THE SITE IS IN CANADA
#2:    What is the method that archaelogists use?
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD, OF COURSE!!
#3: What tool is used a lot for excavating?
THE TROWEL
#4:    What is the scientific term used when scientists predict something?
HYPOTHESIZING
 
#5:    What First Nations People live in the area of DhRl 16?
THE STO:LO FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE
 
#6: Name two types of excavation methods:
ANY OF TRENCH, AREAL, VERTICAL, HORIZONTAL
#7: What were the biggest features found at DhRl 16?
THE MOUNDS
 
#8:    According to stratigraphy, which would be the oldest layer of ground,
the one on the surface, or the one a few feet below the surface?
THE ONE A FEW FEET BELOW THE SURFACE (THE DEEPER, THE OLDER)
 
#9:    Name the instrument archaeologists use to survey a site:
A THEODOLITE
#10:    Is archaeology expensive or cheap?
PROFESSIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY IS VERY EXPENSIVE
#11:    Name one of the techniques used to identify very tiny objects like
seeds, beads and bones (hint: there was two discussed):
SCREENING AND FLOATATION
#12: Which type of remains do archaeologists recover most often,
organic or inorganic?
INORGANIC, BECAUSE IT PRESERVES FAR BETTER THAN INORGANIC
#13:     What is the best thing about archaeology?
THERE IS NO RIGHT ANSWER HERE, ANYTHING THAT YOU LIKE CAN
BE THE BEST THING ABOUT ARCHAEOLOGY!!
Well, how did you do? If you got most of these correct then,
congratulations!! You would be a great archaeological detective!!
If you got some of them right, you might want to go back through the
pages and read over things.
If you got them all right, WOW!! That's great!
Well, no matter how you did, everyone of you deserves a
prize! Click on the globe.
 
 
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