9. First: Indentify your site Next: Select your site crew and excavation crew Then: Be sure to plan ahead and have all materials ready for excavation Finally: Begin your excavation!
10. Excavation is the process of looking under the ground at artifacts and the structure of the earth. Excavation involves digging and recording. Artifacts that are uncovered must then go through a process of identification.
11. Why is it important to identify and examine your findings? What might disrupt the site and why would that be such a bad thing? What if you find objects from another place such as Greece or Egypt in a Roman site? What does this tell us?
12. How did the past get underground? How do archaeologists find out the date of a site or objects in a site? Why is it important to know the dates?
15. Once the artifacts are uncovered, preserved or conserved & interpreted… What happens next?? Our artifacts will be displayed at the museum in an exhibit created by YOU!
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17. The past was created by individuals with links to many levels, among humanity. The past belongs to everyone, because we are all humans. The past teaches universal lessons. It is essential that we ensure the survival of artifacts and relics of our past .
