1. Intro to Archeology Fri, Sept 9 Mon, Sept 12
On a piece of loose leaf paper, write down 3 key things to remember from the syllabus

2. Put signed syllabus in class tray Take out your binder and tabs
Do Now
Put signed syllabus in class tray
Take out your binder and tabs
Tab 1: Class Documents (put syllabus here)
Tab 2: Notes/Handouts: Tape together your Timeline of Human History and put in
Tab 3: Homework (for example, Letter to Ms. Bell)
Tab 4 Graded Work

3. Chronology Terms
Decade:
Century:
Millennium:
CE/BCE:

4. How Do We Know What Happened Thousands of Years Ago?
Archeology!

5. Daily Objectives
Students will understand what an archeologists does and how they use fossils and artifacts to tell us about prehistoric times
Students will know the names, time periods, and characteristics of several hominids
Students will be able to make observations and inferences about artifacts

6. Do Now
Pick out 1 item that you have on you or in your backpack, Place these items on your desk
What conclusions will the class be able to draw about you based on these artifacts?
What information would be impossible to know from the items in the backpack?
Are all guesses accurate? Why not?

7. Archeology Terms
Archeology: Science of uncovering clues about early human life
Make observations: something one has seen, heard, or noticed.
Make inferences: educated guesses based on observations

8. Vocabulary of Archeology
Archeologists
Observation
Inference
Artifacts
Fossils
Site

9. Fossils/Artifacts
Fossils are remains of living things (plants, animals, people), not of things that were made.
Artifacts are remains of things that were made, not the remains of living things.

10. What is a site? A "site" is a place archaeologists wish to explore.
At the site, archaeologists literally dig, looking for the remains of ancient civilizations. That is why they call the site at which they are working a “dig”.

11. Grids & Labeling
Before they begin digging, archaeologists design a grid on the ground using rope and string.
Each square in the grid must be carefully searched. A record must be kept of anything found,
including what was found next to it.

12. Dating Artifacts & Fossils
Process called Carbon Dating

13. How Carbon Dating Works

14. Hominids
Hominids: humans and other creatures that walk upright

15. Hominids

16. Australopithecus afarensis:
million years ago
early hominid, fossils only found in Africa
Brain 1/3 of the size of a modern human
Bipedal
Simple Tools

17. Homo habilis: 1.9-1.5 million years ago
“handy man” for its tool-making ability
Slightly larger brain than Australopithecus
Stone tools

18. Homo erectus “Upright Man” 1.6 million - 30,000 B.C.E.,
brain size a bit larger than homo habilis
first to use fire, used tools to hunt, spoken language, first to migrate

19. Homo sapien neanderthalensis
230,000-30,000 years ago
Some scientists think it is unrelated to humans
Different brain shape, similar size to modern humans
Pointed, sharp tools

20. Homo Sapien Sapien: scientific name meaning “Wise Man”
lived from about 200,000 B.C.E. to today,
brain size of modern humans
specialized tools

22. You Be the Archeologist
8 Stations

23. Let’s Check

24. Common Ancestor

25. Paleolithic Means Old Stone Age
What do you think of you think of cave men? Why?

26. Tracing Mankind’s Origins

27. Visual Discovery

28. Visual Discovery

29. Characteristic of Hunter-Gatherer Society
Nomadic (moved in search of water, food, and shelter)
Invented the first tools and simple weapons
Discovered Fire
Lived in clans (groups of people who live together)
Oral language
Created “cave art”

30. Cave Art

31. Paleolithic Life
Nomadic:

32. Paleolithic Life
Fire

33. Hunter-Gatherer
People or societies in which most or all food is obtained from wild plants and animals, not farming or raising animals

34. Paleo Diet On Diet: Not on diet: dairy products grains legumes
processed oils
refined sugar
Alcohol
Coffee
Soft drinks