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Archaeology

Developing an understanding of time and evidence.

Webpage link	Description	Task
www.pastexplorers.org.uk/ Information	An introduction to archaeology	Go to Fun How can we find out about the lives of people in the past? Why do archaeologists look in the ground?
www.museumoflondon.org.uk/ archive/dig/game.htm Interactive	On an archaeologists’ dig objects of the same age are found in the same layer of earth.	You are an archaeologist. Play an interactive game to match the object found on a dig with the correct date.
www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/ buriedtreasure/treasuregame/ Interactive	Play Flo’s Treasure game	Can you catch the falling artefacts in your treasure sack?
www.channel4.com/history/ microsites/T/timeteam/ Interactive	Channel 4 website. Click on Time Detectives.	You are going to lead an archaeological assess-ment in the fields of Teamchester. You have three days to discover its lost story before the developers move in.
www.bbc.co.uk/history/lj/ archaeologylj/experimental_entry.shtml Information	Find out how archaeology can show the way Iron Age people may have lived. Play Life in the Iron Ages.	Can you start an interactive fire, make bread or spin wool? Try the game to see. Put your knowledge to the test with the quiz.
www.bbc.co.uk/history/ archaeology/treasure/timeline_launch.shtml Interactive	Play “Ages of Treasure Timeline”.	Move the cursor to find out about the archaeological finds in different periods in history. Click on the i to find out more information. .
www.bbc.co.uk/history/ games/ancestors/ancestors.html Interactive	Play “Hunt The Ancestor Game”.	Save a prehistoric burial site from destruction. You have a budget and a time deadline to beat.

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