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- 1. The Puzzle of Our Past An Introduction to Archaeology
- 2. What do archaeologists do?
- 3. What do archaeologists do?
- 4. What do archaeologists do?
- 5. What do archaeologists do?
- 6. What do archaeologists do? Geology
- 7. What do archaeologists do? Geology
- 8. What do archaeologists do? Geology
- 9. What do archaeologists do? Geology
- 10. What do archaeologists do? Geology Study people in the past based on the things they left behind.
- 11. What do archaeologists do? Geology Study people in the past based on the things they left behind.
- 12. Pieces to the Puzzle
- 13. Pieces to the Puzzle Artifacts
- 14. Pieces to the Puzzle Artifacts
- 15. Pieces to the Puzzle Artifacts
- 16. Pieces to the Puzzle Artifacts
- 17. Pieces to the Puzzle Artifacts
- 18. Pieces to the Puzzle Artifacts Features
- 19. Pieces to the Puzzle Artifacts Features
- 20. Pieces to the Puzzle Artifacts Features
- 21. Pieces to the Puzzle Artifacts Features
- 22. Pieces to the Puzzle Artifacts Features
- 23. Where do the pieces go?
- 24. Where do the pieces go?
- 25. Where do the pieces go?
- 26. Where do the pieces go?
- 27. Where do the pieces go?
- 28. Where do the pieces go?
- 29. Where do the pieces go?
- 30. Where are the puzzles?
- 31. Anywhere people have been Where are the puzzles?
- 32. Anywhere people have been Where are the puzzles?
- 33. Anywhere people have been Where are the puzzles?
- 34. Anywhere people have been Where are the puzzles?
- 35. Anywhere people have been Where are the puzzles?
- 36. How do we tell puzzles apart?
- 37. How do we tell puzzles apart? Stratigraphy Newer Older
- 38. How do we tell puzzles apart? Dendrochronology (tree-ring dating)
- 39. How do we tell puzzles apart? Dendrochronology (tree-ring dating)
- 40. How do we tell puzzles apart? Dendrochronology (tree-ring dating)
- 41. How do we tell puzzles apart? Dendrochronology (tree-ring dating)
- 42. How do we tell puzzles apart?
- 43. How do we make sense of all this?
- 44. How do we make sense of all this? Research
- 45. How do we make sense of all this? Research
- 46. How do we make sense of all this? Research
- 47. How do we make sense of all this? Research
- 48. How do we make sense of all this? Research
- 49. How do we make sense of all this? Research
- 50. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation
- 51. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation
- 52. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation
- 53. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation
- 54. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation
- 55. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation
- 56. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation Identification
- 57. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation Identification
- 58. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation Identification
- 59. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation Identification
- 60. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation Identification Interpretation
- 61. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation Identification Interpretation
- 62. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation Identification Interpretation
- 63. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation Identification Interpretation
- 64. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation Identification Interpretation
- 65. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation Identification Interpretation Conservation
- 66. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation Identification Interpretation Conservation
- 67. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation Identification Interpretation Conservation
- 68. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation Identification Interpretation Conservation
- 69. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation Identification Interpretation Conservation
- 70. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation Identification Tweet it! Interpretation Conservation
- 71. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation Identification Tweet it! Interpretation Conservation
- 72. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation Identification Tweet it! Interpretation Conservation
- 73. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation Identification Tweet it! Interpretation Conservation
- 74. How do we make sense of all this? Research Excavation Identification Tweet it! Interpretation Conservation
- 75. Wait! I might need that Piece!
- 76. Wait! I might need that Piece!
- 77. Wait! I might need that Piece!
- 78. Wait! I might need that Piece!
- 79. Wait! I might need that Piece!
- 80. Wait! I might need that Piece!
- 81. The Puzzle of Our Past facebook.com/FPANnorthcentral @FPANNrthCentral
- 83. Image Sources • Frontier Cultural Museum • http://www.frontiermuseum.org/ • Montpelier Foundation • https://www.montpelier.org/ • John Bedell • http://benedante.blogspot.com/ • Stephen Hudson • http://www.cooperativeconservationamerica.org/viewproject.asp?pid=415 • Vintagethrills • https://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/vintagethrills/4968292/wahmaker _frontier_canvas_pants_black/vintage/clothing/pants • Markuskun • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun_house#/media/File:Elvis%27_birthplace_T upelo,_MS_2007.jpg • http://archphotogrammetry.com/category/artefacts/ • http://www.findfast.org/tribes-native-americans/facts-about-homes-houses-native- americans.htm • Ted Morris • http://207.127.20.5:4503/en-us/articles/2011/september/1905-native-american- presence-and-significance-in-florida.html • http://www.public.iastate.edu/~cfford/342WorldHistoryModern.html • Rogers Archaeology Lab • http://nmnh.typepad.com/rogers_archaeology_lab/2013/09/ • Teach • http://teach.com/what/teachers-teach • Brent Danley • http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2014/09/life-on-earth-still-favours- evolution.html#.VipUfX6rSUl • http://kristenalyce.tumblr.com/post/50970861441/thoughts-on-zoe-people-of-color-and- 25-things-4 • Fæ • https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fried_chicken_bones_(409220449).jpg • PBS • http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/technique/historical-research/ • Seth Price • https://sethpriceworldkayak.wordpress.com/tag/jason-lewis/ • Derek Jensen • https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Conner-prairie-pottery.jpg • The Colchester Archaeologist • http://www.thecolchesterarchaeologist.co.uk/?p=4887
Editor's Notes
- Theme: Our past is like a puzzle that has no box and is missing most of its pieces. Archaeology helps us see the picture Intro: Imagine you are working on a 10,000 piece puzzle but you don’t have the lid with the picture on it and most of the pieces are missing. Could you figure out what that picture was? Our past is like this puzzle, only much bigger and way more complicated. If we are going to have a hope of understanding any part of it, we need the help of a system called the archaeological process. Today I’m going to talk to you about archaeology and how we use it to try and see the whole picture of the past.
- Who thinks archaeologists (study dinosaurs, rocks, look for treasure)? “Archaeologists study people in the past based on the things they left behind.” we study their garbage What do you recognize in this picture?
- Who thinks archaeologists (study dinosaurs, rocks, look for treasure)? “Archaeologists study people in the past based on the things they left behind.” we study their garbage What do you recognize in this picture?
- Who thinks archaeologists (study dinosaurs, rocks, look for treasure)? “Archaeologists study people in the past based on the things they left behind.” we study their garbage What do you recognize in this picture?
- Who thinks archaeologists (study dinosaurs, rocks, look for treasure)? “Archaeologists study people in the past based on the things they left behind.” we study their garbage What do you recognize in this picture?
- Who thinks archaeologists (study dinosaurs, rocks, look for treasure)? “Archaeologists study people in the past based on the things they left behind.” we study their garbage What do you recognize in this picture?
- Who thinks archaeologists (study dinosaurs, rocks, look for treasure)? “Archaeologists study people in the past based on the things they left behind.” we study their garbage What do you recognize in this picture?
- Who thinks archaeologists (study dinosaurs, rocks, look for treasure)? “Archaeologists study people in the past based on the things they left behind.” we study their garbage What do you recognize in this picture?
- Who thinks archaeologists (study dinosaurs, rocks, look for treasure)? “Archaeologists study people in the past based on the things they left behind.” we study their garbage What do you recognize in this picture?
- Who thinks archaeologists (study dinosaurs, rocks, look for treasure)? “Archaeologists study people in the past based on the things they left behind.” we study their garbage What do you recognize in this picture?
- Who thinks archaeologists (study dinosaurs, rocks, look for treasure)? “Archaeologists study people in the past based on the things they left behind.” we study their garbage What do you recognize in this picture?
- An artifact is anything that people have used. Big things Lots of little things If we find a tree that fell in the woods 1,000 years ago and nobody touched it, is it an artifact? If somebody took that tree and made a canoe, is it an artifact now? Features are pieces of the puzzle that are a part of the ground. Sometimes they are just a lot of artifacts Other times they’re stains in the dirt. Post holes Construction trench Now that you know what a feature is, what do you see in the picture of these cannons?
- An artifact is anything that people have used. Big things Lots of little things If we find a tree that fell in the woods 1,000 years ago and nobody touched it, is it an artifact? If somebody took that tree and made a canoe, is it an artifact now? Features are pieces of the puzzle that are a part of the ground. Sometimes they are just a lot of artifacts Other times they’re stains in the dirt. Post holes Construction trench Now that you know what a feature is, what do you see in the picture of these cannons?
- An artifact is anything that people have used. Big things Lots of little things If we find a tree that fell in the woods 1,000 years ago and nobody touched it, is it an artifact? If somebody took that tree and made a canoe, is it an artifact now? Features are pieces of the puzzle that are a part of the ground. Sometimes they are just a lot of artifacts Other times they’re stains in the dirt. Post holes Construction trench Now that you know what a feature is, what do you see in the picture of these cannons?
- An artifact is anything that people have used. Big things Lots of little things If we find a tree that fell in the woods 1,000 years ago and nobody touched it, is it an artifact? If somebody took that tree and made a canoe, is it an artifact now? Features are pieces of the puzzle that are a part of the ground. Sometimes they are just a lot of artifacts Other times they’re stains in the dirt. Post holes Construction trench Now that you know what a feature is, what do you see in the picture of these cannons?
- An artifact is anything that people have used. Big things Lots of little things If we find a tree that fell in the woods 1,000 years ago and nobody touched it, is it an artifact? If somebody took that tree and made a canoe, is it an artifact now? Features are pieces of the puzzle that are a part of the ground. Sometimes they are just a lot of artifacts Other times they’re stains in the dirt. Post holes Construction trench Now that you know what a feature is, what do you see in the picture of these cannons?
- An artifact is anything that people have used. Big things Lots of little things If we find a tree that fell in the woods 1,000 years ago and nobody touched it, is it an artifact? If somebody took that tree and made a canoe, is it an artifact now? Features are pieces of the puzzle that are a part of the ground. Sometimes they are just a lot of artifacts Other times they’re stains in the dirt. Post holes Construction trench Now that you know what a feature is, what do you see in the picture of these cannons?
- An artifact is anything that people have used. Big things Lots of little things If we find a tree that fell in the woods 1,000 years ago and nobody touched it, is it an artifact? If somebody took that tree and made a canoe, is it an artifact now? Features are pieces of the puzzle that are a part of the ground. Sometimes they are just a lot of artifacts Other times they’re stains in the dirt. Post holes Construction trench Now that you know what a feature is, what do you see in the picture of these cannons?
- An artifact is anything that people have used. Big things Lots of little things If we find a tree that fell in the woods 1,000 years ago and nobody touched it, is it an artifact? If somebody took that tree and made a canoe, is it an artifact now? Features are pieces of the puzzle that are a part of the ground. Sometimes they are just a lot of artifacts Other times they’re stains in the dirt. Post holes Construction trench Now that you know what a feature is, what do you see in the picture of these cannons?
- An artifact is anything that people have used. Big things Lots of little things If we find a tree that fell in the woods 1,000 years ago and nobody touched it, is it an artifact? If somebody took that tree and made a canoe, is it an artifact now? Features are pieces of the puzzle that are a part of the ground. Sometimes they are just a lot of artifacts Other times they’re stains in the dirt. Post holes Construction trench Now that you know what a feature is, what do you see in the picture of these cannons?
- An artifact is anything that people have used. Big things Lots of little things If we find a tree that fell in the woods 1,000 years ago and nobody touched it, is it an artifact? If somebody took that tree and made a canoe, is it an artifact now? Features are pieces of the puzzle that are a part of the ground. Sometimes they are just a lot of artifacts Other times they’re stains in the dirt. Post holes Construction trench Now that you know what a feature is, what do you see in the picture of these cannons?
- An artifact is anything that people have used. Big things Lots of little things If we find a tree that fell in the woods 1,000 years ago and nobody touched it, is it an artifact? If somebody took that tree and made a canoe, is it an artifact now? Features are pieces of the puzzle that are a part of the ground. Sometimes they are just a lot of artifacts Other times they’re stains in the dirt. Post holes Construction trench Now that you know what a feature is, what do you see in the picture of these cannons?
- Why are we missing so many pieces to the puzzle? What is left after these pants have been in the ground for 100 years What else in this picture would last? If this chicken is buried in the ground what will last? What do you see in this shotgun house that will last after the house falls down? Lots of options (nails, hinges, chimney bricks, chains, window glass) Pilings as features
- Why are we missing so many pieces to the puzzle? What is left after these pants have been in the ground for 100 years What else in this picture would last? If this chicken is buried in the ground what will last? What do you see in this shotgun house that will last after the house falls down? Lots of options (nails, hinges, chimney bricks, chains, window glass) Pilings as features
- Why are we missing so many pieces to the puzzle? What is left after these pants have been in the ground for 100 years What else in this picture would last? If this chicken is buried in the ground what will last? What do you see in this shotgun house that will last after the house falls down? Lots of options (nails, hinges, chimney bricks, chains, window glass) Pilings as features
- Why are we missing so many pieces to the puzzle? What is left after these pants have been in the ground for 100 years What else in this picture would last? If this chicken is buried in the ground what will last? What do you see in this shotgun house that will last after the house falls down? Lots of options (nails, hinges, chimney bricks, chains, window glass) Pilings as features
- Why are we missing so many pieces to the puzzle? What is left after these pants have been in the ground for 100 years What else in this picture would last? If this chicken is buried in the ground what will last? What do you see in this shotgun house that will last after the house falls down? Lots of options (nails, hinges, chimney bricks, chains, window glass) Pilings as features
- Why are we missing so many pieces to the puzzle? What is left after these pants have been in the ground for 100 years What else in this picture would last? If this chicken is buried in the ground what will last? What do you see in this shotgun house that will last after the house falls down? Lots of options (nails, hinges, chimney bricks, chains, window glass) Pilings as features
- Why are we missing so many pieces to the puzzle? What is left after these pants have been in the ground for 100 years What else in this picture would last? If this chicken is buried in the ground what will last? What do you see in this shotgun house that will last after the house falls down? Lots of options (nails, hinges, chimney bricks, chains, window glass) Pilings as features
- Where do you think we find sites? Cities Beaches Country Under water
- Where do you think we find sites? Cities Beaches Country Under water
- Where do you think we find sites? Cities Beaches Country Under water
- Where do you think we find sites? Cities Beaches Country Under water
- Where do you think we find sites? Cities Beaches Country Under water
- Where do you think we find sites? Cities Beaches Country Under water
- Stratigraphy Deeper is older Works backward though time Dendrochronology - Each ring shows how much the tree grew in a year Wide rings are good years, small rings mark things like drought We match up the pattern to work our way backwards through time
- Stratigraphy Deeper is older Works backward though time Dendrochronology - Each ring shows how much the tree grew in a year Wide rings are good years, small rings mark things like drought We match up the pattern to work our way backwards through time
- Stratigraphy Deeper is older Works backward though time Dendrochronology - Each ring shows how much the tree grew in a year Wide rings are good years, small rings mark things like drought We match up the pattern to work our way backwards through time
- Stratigraphy Deeper is older Works backward though time Dendrochronology - Each ring shows how much the tree grew in a year Wide rings are good years, small rings mark things like drought We match up the pattern to work our way backwards through time
- Stratigraphy Deeper is older Works backward though time Dendrochronology - Each ring shows how much the tree grew in a year Wide rings are good years, small rings mark things like drought We match up the pattern to work our way backwards through time
- Stratigraphy Deeper is older Works backward though time Dendrochronology - Each ring shows how much the tree grew in a year Wide rings are good years, small rings mark things like drought We match up the pattern to work our way backwards through time
- Stratigraphy Deeper is older Works backward though time Dendrochronology - Each ring shows how much the tree grew in a year Wide rings are good years, small rings mark things like drought We match up the pattern to work our way backwards through time
- You can see that all of this is pretty complicated. Fortunately, we have the archaeological process to help us. The first step is to figure out where the site is at. Documents Survey Shovel tests Technology
- You can see that all of this is pretty complicated. Fortunately, we have the archaeological process to help us. The first step is to figure out where the site is at. Documents Survey Shovel tests Technology
- You can see that all of this is pretty complicated. Fortunately, we have the archaeological process to help us. The first step is to figure out where the site is at. Documents Survey Shovel tests Technology
- You can see that all of this is pretty complicated. Fortunately, we have the archaeological process to help us. The first step is to figure out where the site is at. Documents Survey Shovel tests Technology
- You can see that all of this is pretty complicated. Fortunately, we have the archaeological process to help us. The first step is to figure out where the site is at. Documents Survey Shovel tests Technology
- You can see that all of this is pretty complicated. Fortunately, we have the archaeological process to help us. The first step is to figure out where the site is at. Documents Survey Shovel tests Technology
- Once you have found a site and learned everything you can, it is time to excavate. Archaeologists use shovels Trowels, dust pans, brushes Screens PAPERWORK
- Once you have found a site and learned everything you can, it is time to excavate. Archaeologists use shovels Trowels, dust pans, brushes Screens PAPERWORK
- Once you have found a site and learned everything you can, it is time to excavate. Archaeologists use shovels Trowels, dust pans, brushes Screens PAPERWORK
- Once you have found a site and learned everything you can, it is time to excavate. Archaeologists use shovels Trowels, dust pans, brushes Screens PAPERWORK
- Once you have found a site and learned everything you can, it is time to excavate. Archaeologists use shovels Trowels, dust pans, brushes Screens PAPERWORK
- Once you have found a site and learned everything you can, it is time to excavate. Archaeologists use shovels Trowels, dust pans, brushes Screens PAPERWORK
- After the site is recorded it is time to identify the artifacts. Some of this happens in the field. Most happens in the lab.
- After the site is recorded it is time to identify the artifacts. Some of this happens in the field. Most happens in the lab.
- After the site is recorded it is time to identify the artifacts. Some of this happens in the field. Most happens in the lab.
- After the site is recorded it is time to identify the artifacts. Some of this happens in the field. Most happens in the lab.
- Where we assemble the puzzle. We start with just a few pieces. Then we fill in some missing pieces. Eventually, we have a general idea of what the picture is. But there are some things that we will never know.
- Where we assemble the puzzle. We start with just a few pieces. Then we fill in some missing pieces. Eventually, we have a general idea of what the picture is. But there are some things that we will never know.
- Where we assemble the puzzle. We start with just a few pieces. Then we fill in some missing pieces. Eventually, we have a general idea of what the picture is. But there are some things that we will never know.
- Where we assemble the puzzle. We start with just a few pieces. Then we fill in some missing pieces. Eventually, we have a general idea of what the picture is. But there are some things that we will never know.
- Where we assemble the puzzle. We start with just a few pieces. Then we fill in some missing pieces. Eventually, we have a general idea of what the picture is. But there are some things that we will never know.
- Conserving means saving something for later. Some artifacts need special treatment. Anything that isn’t being studied or going to a museum is stored in special buildings.
- Conserving means saving something for later. Some artifacts need special treatment. Anything that isn’t being studied or going to a museum is stored in special buildings.
- Conserving means saving something for later. Some artifacts need special treatment. Anything that isn’t being studied or going to a museum is stored in special buildings.
- Conserving means saving something for later. Some artifacts need special treatment. Anything that isn’t being studied or going to a museum is stored in special buildings.
- Conserving means saving something for later. Some artifacts need special treatment. Anything that isn’t being studied or going to a museum is stored in special buildings.
- What’s the point of all that work if we don’t tell anybody about it? ALL archaeology requires a report. We also present what we learn, talk to people about archaeology, and create museum exhibits. How many of these steps happen outside? - For every 1 hour outside, someone has to spend 7 hours inside
- What’s the point of all that work if we don’t tell anybody about it? ALL archaeology requires a report. We also present what we learn, talk to people about archaeology, and create museum exhibits. How many of these steps happen outside? - For every 1 hour outside, someone has to spend 7 hours inside
- What’s the point of all that work if we don’t tell anybody about it? ALL archaeology requires a report. We also present what we learn, talk to people about archaeology, and create museum exhibits. How many of these steps happen outside? - For every 1 hour outside, someone has to spend 7 hours inside
- What’s the point of all that work if we don’t tell anybody about it? ALL archaeology requires a report. We also present what we learn, talk to people about archaeology, and create museum exhibits. How many of these steps happen outside? - For every 1 hour outside, someone has to spend 7 hours inside
- What’s the point of all that work if we don’t tell anybody about it? ALL archaeology requires a report. We also present what we learn, talk to people about archaeology, and create museum exhibits. How many of these steps happen outside? - For every 1 hour outside, someone has to spend 7 hours inside
- What’s the point of all that work if we don’t tell anybody about it? ALL archaeology requires a report. We also present what we learn, talk to people about archaeology, and create museum exhibits. How many of these steps happen outside? - For every 1 hour outside, someone has to spend 7 hours inside
- Here’s our picture again and here are the pieces we started with. Imagine somebody walked by and took one of the few pieces you had. Then it happened again, and again. How much harder is it to figure out the picture when these pieces go missing? This is the same for archaeological sites. If you see an artifact…
- Here’s our picture again and here are the pieces we started with. Imagine somebody walked by and took one of the few pieces you had. Then it happened again, and again. How much harder is it to figure out the picture when these pieces go missing? This is the same for archaeological sites. If you see an artifact…
- Here’s our picture again and here are the pieces we started with. Imagine somebody walked by and took one of the few pieces you had. Then it happened again, and again. How much harder is it to figure out the picture when these pieces go missing? This is the same for archaeological sites. If you see an artifact…
- Here’s our picture again and here are the pieces we started with. Imagine somebody walked by and took one of the few pieces you had. Then it happened again, and again. How much harder is it to figure out the picture when these pieces go missing? This is the same for archaeological sites. If you see an artifact…
- Here’s our picture again and here are the pieces we started with. Imagine somebody walked by and took one of the few pieces you had. Then it happened again, and again. How much harder is it to figure out the picture when these pieces go missing? This is the same for archaeological sites. If you see an artifact…
- Here’s our picture again and here are the pieces we started with. Imagine somebody walked by and took one of the few pieces you had. Then it happened again, and again. How much harder is it to figure out the picture when these pieces go missing? This is the same for archaeological sites. If you see an artifact…
- Our past is like a puzzle that has no box and is missing most of its pieces. Archaeology helps us see the picture by studying the artifacts and features that are left anywhere people have been. By applying the archaeological process to a site we can put the pieces that are left together to better understand our past.
- This slide is just for future reference.