Archaeology: WhatisaDig?and"WhatisaMiddent” 1 WiC
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1: Basic Archaeology: What's a Dig?
This is a project designed to find out more about a specific ares and wh
like many, many years ago They might be looking for weather patterns «
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Well, First of all,
whatever they're looking fot, it usually involves digging. Why! he-winds constantly blowing freshdirtand trash alleverthe
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Se reheat ete ESET tena tne Sens} tnd and piece together clues to what happened in an ares’ past And
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For instance, by discovering seeds,
call, what kind of wild plants or fruits or vegetables grew there,
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2. People throw away things because those things aren't important or because the people have too
much of those things already.