Archaeology (KS2)

Activities

Fieldwalking
Find out one of the first steps archaeologists take before digging to discover what could lie underground.

Excavation
Excavate a trench and handle archaeologist’s tools to discover what you can find out about the past through objects. Layers go from Victorian to Prehistory.

Sieving
See what archaeologists could have left behind by sieving through the soil for small finds. Learn what these small finds tell us about our site.

Bronze Age Handling
Handle replica Bronze Age artefacts based on objects found at Must Farm. Work out what they could be and demonstrate them for the class to guess.

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