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Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land
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Viewing Ideas
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Before Watching
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Ask students to imagine that they are living in 2055. If they
were excavating an American dwelling unchanged from 2005, what
types of objects would they be likely to find that might provide
evidence about the culture of the time? (E.g., cars, appliances,
TVs, DVDs.) What would they expect to find at a site where a
culture existed without running water, electricity, or
automobiles?
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Ask students what types of items they would need to bring into a
cave if they were planning to hide there for a long time. What
would be the best way to store food? How would they dispose of
waste products? What would they do for entertainment?
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Organize students into two groups. As students watch, have one
group record the technologies used to explore the cave and the
other group record the items found.
After Watching
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Have a volunteer from each group share its group's list. What
were the technologies used to explore the cave?
(Ground-penetrating radar, endoscopy, electrical resistivity
tomography.) How does each technology work? What items did
archeologists find in the cave? Which items were found with
which technologies? Which items were found through non-technical
means?
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Scientists used carbon-14 dating to analyze the age of a piece
of rope found in the cave. Have students research how carbon-14
dating works and write a one-page summary of the process. Ask
students to include the maximum age that can be determined using
this technique.
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