Archeology Requirements
James D Wellborn 325 795 2010 (WELLBOJ@MAIL.FIRN.EDU)
Mon, 14 Jul 1997 18:55:26 -0500
I didn't see Bill Nelson's e-mail so I'll send this here:
That name is just too familiar sounding not to know where to send this...
Archeology 1997
1. Tell what archeology is and explain how it differs from anthropology,
geology, paleontology, and history.
2. Describe each of the following steps of the archeological process
site location, site excavation, artifact identification and examination,
interpretation, preservation, and information sharing.
3. Describe at least two ways in which archeologists determine the age of
sites, structures, or artifacts. Explain what relative dating is.
4. Do TWO of the following:
a. Gather research on three archeological sites located OUTSIDE the
United States. Point out each site on a world map. Explain how each site
was discovered. Describe some of the information from the past that has
been found from each site. Explain how the information gained from the
study of these sites answers questions that archeologists are asking and
how the information may be important for modern people. Compare the
relative ages of the sites.
b. Gather research on three archeological sites that are WITHIN the
United States. Point out each site on a map. Explain how each site was
discovered. Describe some of the information from the past that has been
found from each site. Explain how the information gained from the study of
these sites answers questions that archeologists are asking and how the
information may be important for modern people. Compare the relative ages
of the sites.
c. Visit an archeological site and gather research on it. Explain
how the site was discovered. Describe some of the information from the
past that has been found at the site. Explain how the information gained
from the study of this site answers questions that archeologists are asking
and how the information may be important for modern people. Compare the
age of this site with the ages of the other sites you have researched.
5. Choose ONE of the research projects you have completed for requirement
4. Present your findings to your Scout troop, school class, or other
group.
6. Do the following:
a. Explain why it is important to protect archeological sites.
b. Explain what people should do if they think they have found an
artifact.
c. Describe ways in which you can be a protector of the past.
7. Do ONE of the following:
a. Make a list of items you would include in a time capsule.
Discuss with your merit badge counselor what archeologists a thousand years
from now might learn from the contents of your capsule about you and the
culture in which you live.
b. Make a list of the trash that your family throws out during one
week. Discuss with your counselor what archeologists finding that trash a
thousand years from now might learn from it about you and your family.
8. Do one of the following:
a. Under the supervision of a qualified archeologist, spend at
least 8 hours helping to excavate an archeological site.
b. Under the supervision of a qualified archeologist, spend at
least 8 hours in an archeological laboratory helping to prepare artifacts
for analysis, storage or display.
c. If you are unable to work in the field or in a laboratory under
the supervision of a qualifies archeologist, you may substitute a mock dig.
To find out how to make a mock dig, talk with a professional archeologist,
trained avocational archeologist, museum school instructor, junior high or
high school science teacher, advisor from a local archeological societ, or
other qualified instructor. Plan what you will bury in your artificial
site and show use of your site during two time periods.
9. Under the supervision of a qualified archeologist or instructor, do ONE
of the following:
a. Help prepare an archeological exhibit for display in a museum,
visito center, school or other public area.
b. Use the methods of experimental archeology to re-create an item
or to practice a skill from the past. Write a brief report explaining the
experiment and its results.
10. Identify three career opportunities in archeology and tell what
education and experience are required for each.
11. Do ONE of the following:
a. Research American Indians who live or once lived in your area.
Find out about traditional lifeways, dwellings, clothing styles, arts and
crafts, and methods of food gathering, preparation and storage. Describe
what you would expect to find at an archeological site for these people.
b. Research settlers or soldiers that were in your area at least
one hundred years ago. Find out about the houses or forts, ways of life,
clothing styles, arts and crafts, and dietary habits of the early settlers,
farmers, researchers, soldiers or townspeople who once lived in the area
where your community now stands. Describe what you would expect to find at
an archeological site for these people.
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