ARCHEOLO

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MPÉI, ITALY

MAPS OF POMPÉI, ITALY

PICTURES OF POMPÉI

WHAT THEY ARE DISCOVERING

The archaeological digs at the site extend to the street level of the 79 AD volcanic event; deeper digs in older parts of Pompeii and core samples of nearby drillings have exposed layers of jumbled sediment that suggest that the city had suffered from the volcano and other seismic events before then. Three sheets of sediment have been found on top of the lava that lies below the city and, mixed in with the sediment, archaeologists have found bits of animal bone, pottery shards and plants. Using carbon dating, the oldest layer has been dated to the 8th-6th centuries BC, about the time that the city was founded.

TOOLS THEY USEDTrowels- (are used to remove the topsoil.)Shovels- (are to dig the soil.)Graph paper- (are to map up were you are going to dig.)Brushes- (are used for brushing away dirt from artifact.)Picks- (are used for digging.)Screens- (are to sift the out the dirt to find artifacts.)Measuring tape- (is used for measuring the even squares.)Geo GPS (Global Positioning Satellite)- (are for exact pinpoints of the

heiau in space.)Tweezers- (for picking up small objects like small pieces of charcoal.)Clippers- (are to cut the roots in the site grid.)Level- (is used for seeing how far we dug.)Strings- (are used for marking the site grid.)

ARCHEOLOGY AFFECTArcheology is the scientific study of past human culture and behavior, from the origins of humans to the present. Archaeology studies past human behavior through the examination of material remains of previous human societies. These remains include the fossils (preserved bones) of humans, food remains, the ruins of buildings, and human artifacts—items such as tools, pottery, and jewelry. From their studies, archaeologists attempt to reconstruct past ways of life. Archaeology is an important field of anthropology, which is the broad study of human culture and biology. Archaeologists concentrate their studies on past societies and changes in those societies over extremely long periods of time.