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Archaeology
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zbrow13
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Archaeology
Need some help. Have a science fair project due next year, but there is NOTHING out there for archaeology. Was thinking about an idea for maybe the decomposition of living matter but don't know yet. Help plz?????
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theborg
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Re: Archaeology
I don't know if these meet what you are looking for, but here are 2 links to science buddies projects on some of the research techniques use in archaeology.
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... p009.shtml
And
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... p015.shtml
This is just a start. Hopefully another expert has some ideas as well.
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... p009.shtml
And
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... p015.shtml
This is just a start. Hopefully another expert has some ideas as well.
Hope this helps.
theborg
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Re: Archaeology
Hello zbrow13,
here is an idea I found on the web, it is about testing how the kind of soil influences fossilization:
http://www.galeschools.com/sci_try/fossils.htm
You could also do the experiment using different kinds of living organisms (be aware then that this would make two variables in your experiments, that should be analyzed as such), as insects, worms, leaves... (Personally I have made some plaster prints of butterflies, and it gives a very pretty result.)
I hope this helps, let me know if you need anything else!
Heloise
here is an idea I found on the web, it is about testing how the kind of soil influences fossilization:
http://www.galeschools.com/sci_try/fossils.htm
You could also do the experiment using different kinds of living organisms (be aware then that this would make two variables in your experiments, that should be analyzed as such), as insects, worms, leaves... (Personally I have made some plaster prints of butterflies, and it gives a very pretty result.)
I hope this helps, let me know if you need anything else!
Heloise
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WFvolc
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Re: Archaeology
hi,
What about looking at the grinding efficiency of different rock types on grain?
From the stone age to the modern day people in the world grind grain for flour using stones, called querns or millstones. You could take a selection of lithologies and grind a known quantity of a given grain for a known time and see what features of the rock type you use are particularly good for milling. Then compare your experimental results to the lithologies that are known to have been used and suggest why certain ones were used more than others?
Just a thought.
I love bread so I'm always thinking in flour..
What about looking at the grinding efficiency of different rock types on grain?
From the stone age to the modern day people in the world grind grain for flour using stones, called querns or millstones. You could take a selection of lithologies and grind a known quantity of a given grain for a known time and see what features of the rock type you use are particularly good for milling. Then compare your experimental results to the lithologies that are known to have been used and suggest why certain ones were used more than others?
Just a thought.
I love bread so I'm always thinking in flour..
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donnahardy2
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Re: Archaeology
Hi,
The other experts have given you some really good suggestions. Here’s another idea. Here is a website that describes different techniques that archaeologists use for dating objects.
http://archaeology.about.com/cs/datingt ... timing.htm
Perhaps you could use one of the techniques, like seriation to do a study of gravestones in a local cemetery, or dendrochronology to study tree rings. This would make a good project because you could explain the science behind the technique and then use it to answer a question.
Donna Hardy
The other experts have given you some really good suggestions. Here’s another idea. Here is a website that describes different techniques that archaeologists use for dating objects.
http://archaeology.about.com/cs/datingt ... timing.htm
Perhaps you could use one of the techniques, like seriation to do a study of gravestones in a local cemetery, or dendrochronology to study tree rings. This would make a good project because you could explain the science behind the technique and then use it to answer a question.
Donna Hardy