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Archaeology is the "Peeping Tom" of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who care not where they are going; they merely want to know where everyone else has been. ~ Jim Bishop
ArchaeologyArchaeology:[ahr-kee-ol-uh-jee]
The scientific study of historic or prehistoric peoples & their cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions, monuments, and other such remains, especially those that have been excavated. This year you will be an archaeologist. You will sift through information to find out about how people have gotten to the point society is currently at right now. To understand exactly what an archaeologist is & does check out Archaeology for Kids, watch this video & play a few of these archaeology games. The video below also gives good information as to what archaeologists do. |
Archaeological Internet Resources
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Geological Time ScaleWe are use to measuring time in seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, centuries (100 years), millennium(1,000 years). The earth is approximately 4.6 billion (4,600,000,000) years old & our daily way of looking at time is not going to work.
Scientists have divide time into pieces known as events. These time intervals are not equal in length like the hours in a day. Instead the time intervals vary in length & are based on events that have happened.
If you are interested, you can download a copy of a geological time scale. Keep in mind that for 6th grade social studies the focus is on the CENOZOIC Era & the QUATERNARY Period.
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Geological Time Scale Internet Resources
Today = Anthropocene EpochAn international group of scientists has proposed that fallout from hundreds of nuclear weapons tests in the late 1940s to early 1960s could be used to mark the dawn of a new geological age in Earth history the Anthropocene.
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B.C. - A.D. / B.C.E. - C.E.
If you have ever read about something that happened long ago, then you are probably familiar with the abbreviations BC or BCE and AD or CE. These are used to help us understand events in history & how they compare to one another.
Initially the abbreviations BC & AD were used.
Some people prefer to use non-Christian references to the same dating system. They use the term BCE (Before the Common Era) instead of BC, and CE (Common Era) instead of AD.
Initially the abbreviations BC & AD were used.
- BC = Before Christ's (used to mark the time before the birth of Jesus Christ)
- AD = ‘Anno Domini’, Latin for ‘In the year of Our Lord’ (used to mark the time after the birth of Jesus Christ)
Some people prefer to use non-Christian references to the same dating system. They use the term BCE (Before the Common Era) instead of BC, and CE (Common Era) instead of AD.
- BCE = Before the Common Era
- CE = Common Era
G.R.A.P.E.S.
An archaeologist always has lots of questions about the culture he/she is excavating. Cultural Questions serve as a guide. If the archaeologist can answer these, he/she probably has a lot of knowledge of the culture being studied. We use the acronym G.R.A.P.E.S. to help us remember our cultural questions.
This web site will help you to remember G.R.A.P.E.S. You can download a copy of the G.R.A.P.E.S. we use in class below.
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Historical TimeLine Event Finder
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Find just about any historical event. Type it into the box, hit GO & see what happens.
To see a larger version you can visit the web site. |