Quiz · What Archaeologists Find in the Soil

Question 1What is the main purpose of this talk?

To explain how archaeologists study the past through digging To describe how museums are built in modern cities To teach people how to make pots and old coins To argue that digging for objects should be stopped

Question 2What do archaeologists learn from the layers of soil?

Each layer belongs to a different period of time The deepest layers are always the newest ones Layers near the surface are older than deep ones Every layer contains the same kind of old coins

Question 3How can scientists find the age of old bones?

By cleaning them slowly in a laboratory By photographing and numbering each one carefully By comparing them with broken pots at the site By testing the carbon that is inside them