Archaeology Trivia
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This careful process of removing soil layer by layer allows archaeologists to uncover artifacts without damaging them or losing contextual information.
- Excavation
- Prospection
- Demolition
- Mining
This ancient Incan city sits high in the Peruvian Andes and was never found by Spanish conquistadors.
- Cusco
- Chichen Itza
- Machu Picchu
- Teotihuacan
This legendary city of gold was sought by Spanish conquistadors throughout South America, but was never found.
- El Dorado
- Atlantis
- Shangri-La
- Camelot
Any object made, modified, or used by humans that archaeologists recover from a site falls under this general term.
- Fossil
- Artifact
- Mineral
- Specimen
This legendary island civilization supposedly sank into the ocean in a single day and night, according to Plato.
- Lemuria
- Avalon
- El Dorado
- Atlantis
This ancient island civilization, described by Plato, allegedly sank into the ocean in a single day and night.
- Lemuria
- Atlantis
- Mu
- Avalon
This location where archaeological materials are found, whether a single spot or a large area, serves as the fundamental unit of archaeological investigation.
- Laboratory
- Museum
- Site
- Archive
This ancient Roman city was buried under volcanic ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.
- Alexandria
- Rome
- Pompeii
- Carthage
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