Name:

Internet Research
Archaeology & Early Humans

Directions: Go to the websites listed below. Use the information on the webpage to answer the
questions.

Kids Dig Reed

http://www.kidsdigreed.com

First go to the Discovery Zone. Find out how archaeologists do their

work.
1. what are the three steps that an archaeologists does to the field on
the left in the Discovery Zone?

After examining the Discovery Zone, go to the Games and Puzzles

section. Choose the Stratigraphy game, and read the page of
information that accompanies it in order to answer these questions.
2. What are strata?

3. How do archaeologists use strata?

Make sure you play the Stratigraphy game!

Lost City of Arabia

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ubar/hotscienceubar/index.html

This site has information about the real-life search for the Lost City of Arabia. Your
mission at this site is to explore the “Desert Finds” section so that you can answer these
questions.
1. In what desert would you find the remains of the Lost City of Arabia?

2. What three tings would an archaeologist need in order to find his way in and out of the
desert? How is each used?
3. After finding your way out of the desert, go to the Remote Sensing section, and read
about this important method used by archaeologists.
4. Go to the Hominid Family Photo Album to find out how hominids have
changed over the last four million years.

5. Click on “Fear and Hunger” to find out about the death of a Taung
child over three million years ago.

The Caves of Lascaux
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/

Click on “Discover” on the opening page, and then go to each of the 
four pages that are linked here.  When you are done, answer these 
questions:
1.  On what continent would you find the Caves of Lascaux?

2.  How long ago were these caves probably painted?

3.  Name three animals painted on the walls of these caves.

Lucy @ Institute of Human Origins

http://www.asu.edu/clas/iho/lucy.html

This is Donald Johanson’s website at the Institute of Human Origins.

This site is written with adults in mind, so some of the vocabulary is a
bit difficult; use a dictionary if needed. Answer these questions:
1. Did Lucy walk upright like us, or did she walk on all fours like a
chimpanzee?

2. How big would Lucy have been while she was alive?

3. About how long ago was Lucy alive?

Flints and Stones

http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/flint/menu.html
At this site, you will learn about the way of life of our ancestors, the
lives of hunter-gatherers. Be sure to check out all parts of this site, but
begin by reading the different sections that make up “Meet the
Archaeologist.” Once you have gone through this section thoroughly,
answer these questions:

1. What was the most powerful weapon available to Stone Age hunter-
gatherers?

2. Hunter-gatherers did not have many possessions like you or I do.

Why not?

3. what types of homes did hunter-gatherers in Mesolithic times have?

4. Mesolithic hunter-gatherers’ tools were mainly made out of what?

5. Mesolithic hunter-gatherers used animals for many purposes. List

five: