Stonehenge Organizer-
Excavation Questions




What were the archaeologists' motivations for joining the project? What questions did they have going into the project?





Background information on the site/object they are excavating: When was it built? Who built it? What was going on in the world when it was built?





What were some of the tools the scientists used to gather data on the object of the excavation?





What were some of the techniques the scientists used to gather information?





What is a scientist's typical day like on the excavation?





What type of information did the scientists include in their field notes?





What types of objects did the scientists find? How did they go about understanding what they were used for? What type of clues did they consider?





What types of evidence did the scientists look at while excavating?





Use this space to critique the information source.





What were some of the challenges the scientists faced during the excavation?





What are some of the questions that remain unanswered?





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