Archeologist Research Worksheet

(Write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper. Use MS Word or other
word processing program to write an indepth research paper.)
1. What is the field of
Archeology?
2. Describe the
eruption of 79 AD and what happened to the Cities
of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
3.
Summarize the historical and eruptive activity of Mount
Vesuvius.
4. Explain
the history of Mount Vesuvius and its impact on the
human population.
5. What was it like for the people of Pompeii on their last day
in 79 AD?
6. How did plumbing in Pompeii work?
7. Describe how plaster mummies were created?
8. How do Archeologists do their work in the field? What
kinds of tools and techniquest do they use?
9. What was the architecture in Pompeii and Herculaneum like?
10. What is it like to be an Archeologist in the field from their
field journals?