If you just found a valuable item and it starts snowing or hailing and the item gets destroyed. What would you do? Jacob (9)
Well, if that happened I think anyone would panic! If a dig is organised correctly any valuable items would be safely stored to protect them from damage. But I can’t think of many items that would get destroyed that easily by snow or hail.
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How did ancient people make things out of metal? Have you found any archeological clues? Paul (6)
We have lots of evidence of metal work by ancient people in Great Britain. We use a type of calendar to identify technology in archaeology which separates the […]
When you dig an artefact up, how do you know how old it is? Alice (8), Matty (10), Seth (8) and Isaac
Sometimes there are artefacts that are typical of their period so you can tell fairly easily – coins, pottery and some jewellery are the most obvious examples. These […]
Have you ever had any Roman artefacts brought in, if so what were they? Rafi (10), Avi (8) and Joel (10)
Oh yes I’ve had quite a few Roman coins reported to me; mostly copper, but some silver one as well. Roman brooches are brought in occasionally, or fragments […]