Week 1: We Dig Archaeology!

It's great to kick off another session of extended day! After we got settled and introduced ourselves, we talked about the amazing science of archaeology. Thanks to archaeologists, we are able to know about people and cultures that no longer exist.

Then, we all got out our field journals and headed outside for a simulated excavation. We noticed three levels at our archaeological site. The first level was the most recent -- and we uncovered a golden frog, a wooden musical instrument, a seashell and a paper fragment. Everyone had interesting ideas about what these artifacts meant! The next layer had a part of a bow and arrow, as well as a piece of burnt wood. We hypothesized that there had been an attack or a battle.

Mia examines an artifact -- burnt wood.
What could it mean?

Finally, we excavated the last level (which was the first civilization). We didn't have time to examine all of the artifacts from that level, so we will take another look next week and finish our field journal notes before moving on to Ancient Mesopotamia!


See you then.