What Countries Explored And Settled In The Americas? During this period of time, several European empires—primarily Spain, Portugal, Britain, and France—began to explore and claim the natural resources and human capital of the Americas, resulting in the displacement and disestablishment of some Indigenous Nations, and the establishment of several settler-colonial states. What countries were involved
What Did Joseph Smith Find? Smith said that he found the plates on September 22, 1823, on a hill near his home in Manchester, New York, after the angel Moroni directed him to a buried stone box. He said that the angel prevented him from taking the plates but instructed him to return to the
What Do Archaeologists Do? Archaeologists ask questions and develop hypotheses. They use evidence to choose a dig site, then use scientific sampling techniques to select where on the site to dig. They observe, record, categorize, and interpret what they find. Then they share their results with other scientists and the public. What do archeologists do
What Do Archaeologists Dig Up? Archaeologists usually dig test pits where the ground has not been farmed or plowed and it contains a lot of surface vegetation. They may screen (sift) the soil to recover small artifacts and often draw profiles of the test pits to record what the soil looks like in each hole.
What Challenges Do You Think The Ancestral Puebloans Faced When Constructing Cliff Dwellings? What challenges do you think the ancestral Puebloans faced when constructing cliff dwellings? Consider location and natural resources. lack of water, sun exposure and heat, access to steep sites. Why do you think that many separate cultures developed in the Andes before
What Did Early Humans Need To Do To Survive? Although all earlier hominins are now extinct, many of their adaptations for survival—an appetite for a varied diet, making tools to gather food, caring for each other, and using fire for heat and cooking—make up the foundation of our modern survival mechanisms and are among the
What Is An Artifact In Research? The term research artifacts refers to the systematic biases, uncontrolled and unintentional, that can threaten the INTERNAL or EXTERNAL VALIDITY of one’s research conclusions. What are some examples of an artifact? Examples include stone tools such as projectile points, pottery vessels such as amphorae, metal objects such as buttons
What Happened To The Paleo-Indians? They encountered and hunted many species of large, now extinct mammals. They felled these “megafauna” (named such due to the large size compared to modern beasts) with spears tipped with stone points. How did Paleo Indians bury their dead? They clothed their bodies with animal skins and plant fibers. Some
What Is A Nilometer In Ancient Egypt? The nilometer was used to predict harvest (and taxes) linked to the rise and fall of the Nile River. What is an Islamic nilometer? The Nilometer (Kiosk of the Nile; known in Arabic as al-Miqyas) is considered among the enduring architectural foundations tied to the Egyptian culture and
What Evidence From Their Burial Mounds Indicates That Prehistoric Indians Believed In Life After Death? A B Which statement explains why archaeologists consider prehistoric Indians to have believed in some form of life after death? Burial mounds for the dead contained items such as tools, tobacco pipes, and weapons. The remains of once-living things, such