Archaeology Documents and Analysis Questions

Students will read and analyze four documents pertaining to archaeology. This would be a perfect tool to begin the discussion of prehistory and importance of primary and secondary source analysis.

Document 1: British archaeologist excavating the ruins of Ur (ancient city in Iraq) briefly discusses his personal account of witnessing the royal tombs of Ur.

*Students will read a paragraph and answer two questions

Document 2: Archaeological Dig in Syria

Photograph of a team of researchers in Syria excavating the ruins of Hittite (1600 BCE). Showing what a dig site looks like.

*Students analyze one image and answer two questions

Document 3: Archaeologist excavates a Neolithic farm village and describes the goldmine to Natural History magazine.

*Students read one paragraph and answer two questions

Document 4: Snippet from Smithsonian magazine's "Testimony from the Iceman" in regards to the significance of the Neolithic traveler, the Iceman.

*Students read one paragraph and answer two questions

This can be assigned as homework, group work to spark discussion in class, work done while a sub is present, etc.