Archaeology (KS2)

KS2 School Session
Sessions from £250 per group

Archaeology asks the big questions and life and society in the past. It uses objects to discover life in the past and can often challenge pre existing historical evidence.

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Call: 01733 864 731
Email: mercy.wilson@peterboroughlimited.co.uk

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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