Archaeology Study Guide

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answers to learn

1 Must-Know

6 Should-Know

39 Worth Knowing

Chemistry / Elements

23 answers | 72 clues

Must-Know (1)

Stonehenge 8x $825 avg J:2 DJ:6

J $100 1991 This monument near Salisbury, England is the best-known late Neolithic structure

DJ $4,400 DD 2020 William Stukeley thought this site was a Druid temple when he excavated it in the 18th century

DJ $200 1993 The Neolithic monument known as Woodhenge is located a few miles NE of this more famous attraction

Should-Know (5)

the Dead Sea Scrolls 6x $567 avg DJ:6

DJ $200 2000 Surfacing in 1999, the "Angel Scroll" is either a hoax or part of these Jewish writings discovered in 1947

DJ $800 2008 In 1947 2 shepherd boys found these in 8 large clay jars in a cave 7 miles south of Jericho

DJ $1,200 2021 Hereare some of these around the time of their discovery in the Judean desert

Pompeii 5x $560 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $200 2019 In the 1860s Giuseppe Fiorelli became the first serious excavator of this site destroyed more than 1,700 years before

DJ $1,600 2018 In 2018, a plaster cast was made of ahorsejust found in the volcanic ruins of this Roman city

DJ $200 1989 Volcanic debris & ash up to 23 ft. deep helped preserve this city, 1st rediscovered in the late 16th c.

Easter Island 5x $400 avg J:2 DJ:3

DJ $200 1995 In 1955 & 1956 Thor Heyerdahl headed an expedition to study the giant stone statues on this island

DJ $600 1993 The Rongorongo hieroglyphs on this island named for a holiday have never been deciphered

J $400 2019 You know the big heads on this Pacific island? Jo Anne van Tilburg has shown that they have bodies, if you just dig

the Rosetta Stone 5x 25.0% stumper $1,575 avg J:2 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $300 1994 This basalt slab provided the key to deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs

DJ $1,000 1989 It was written in 196 B.C. in Hieroglyphs, Demotic Egyptian & Greek

FJ 1995 Discovered in 1799, it records the deeds of Egyptian king Ptolemy V Epiphanes

Herculaneum 4x 25.0% stumper $750 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $600 1991 The House of the Deer is an unusual villa preserved in this once-buried city near Pompeii

DJ $800 2015 18th century archaeologists uncovered the Villa of the Papyri, an ancient library, in this neighbor to Pompeii

J $800 2009 Excavations of this neighbor of Pompeii show it to have been a secluded retreat of the leisure class

Worth Knowing (17)

Ur 3 carbon-14 dating 3 bronze 3 a dig 3 catacombs 3 Troy 2 the Iron Age 2 Pollen 2 Peking Man 2 Lucy 2 Jamestown 2 iron 2 Guatemala 2 fire 2 China 2 the Maya 2 the Incas 2

Other

11 answers | 25 clues

Worth Knowing (11)

the sphinx 3 Jericho 3 (Howard) Carter 3 Turkey 2 the Spanish Armada 2 New Mexico 2 Mexico 2 jade 2 Crete 2 Babylon 2 cave paintings 2

Math / Physics

4 answers | 12 clues

Should-Know (1)

Machu Picchu 5x 60.0% stumper $1,440 avg DJ:5

DJ $600 1996 A carved stone called an Intihuatana is a famous feature of this "Lost City of the Incas"

DJ $1,000 1985 These Inca ruins near Cusco, Peru weren't discovered until 1911

DJ $1,600 2014 For more than 100 years, archaeologists have explored this ancient city in South America

Worth Knowing (3)

(Heinrich) Schliemann 3 Hammurabi 2 Cleopatra 2

Biology / Animals

5 answers | 11 clues

Worth Knowing (5)

Vikings 3 Egypt 2 cuneiform 2 a circle 2 Blackbeard 2

Astronomy / Space

2 answers | 4 clues

Worth Knowing (2)

Peru 2 the Anasazi 2

Botany / Plants

1 answers | 2 clues

Worth Knowing (1)

trees 2