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Effigy Mounds National Monument
Answers Crossword Puzzle

 

 

Crossword Puzzle

Test your knowledge of archaeology by solving the crossword puzzle.

 

Across

6. Those events that occurred before written record.--prehistory

9. The systematic digging for artifacts.--excavate

11. Locations; any area of past human activity.--site

13. Ceremonial acts.--rituals

15. A thin piece of stone, bone or antler with sharp edges that was somehow removed from a larger piece of the object.--flake

16. A vertical section of the soil from the surface down through all the levels on the pit wall at the dig.--profile

Down

1. Where in time and space an artifact is found.--context

2. The study of past human culture through artifacts.--archaeology

3. An area archaeologists will excavate to look for artifacts and features.--dig

4. Area of human activity layered upon one another in the ground according to periods of time--stratum

5. Anything made or modified by humans.--artifact

7. A non-moveable artifact; an artifact that loses shape if moved; i.e. a fire hearth--feature

8. Bird covering; sometimes used as a bird covering.--feather

10. The square area archaeologists will excavate.--pit

12. A device used to throw spears.--atlatl

14. A weapon.--spear

 






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Effigy Mounds National Monument

 

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Marching Bear Group

Did You Know?
In the South Unit of Effigy Mounds National Monument, the Marching Bear Group of 10 bear mounds, three bird mounds and two linear mounds represent the best preserved group of effigy mounds present today from the Effigy Mound Culture.

Last Updated: July 07, 2011 at 12:45 MST