Tuesday, January 3, 2017

                                                                       Neolithic Garden Post

 Part 1
 Some types of domesticated crops from the Neolithic Age are Emmer Wheat, Einkorn Wheat, Barley, Lentil, Pea, Chickpea, Bitter Vetch, and Flax. 5 types of animals domesticated from the Neolithic Age are cattle, sheep, goats, wolves, pigs.




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This picture shows the animals and houses back then.


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Most of farming tools seem to be made of stone, wood, and also bones.

Farming influenced the development of civilization because it allowed people to settle in one place. Another thing that farming influenced was to build houses, work together, and a new way of cooking. After they learned to build houses, people created jobs such as, weavers, farmers, and traders. Jobs allowed people to focus on one subject and they started to learn more things, like how some farmer learned to plant more different crops.
 One thing that I used to get this information is a social studies book "History Alive".


Part 2
  Things that need to be done to plan a crop is to have fertile soil and then drop the seeds into the dirt because eventually the seeds will start to grow. Beans, pepper, and beets can be planted multiple times a year. Info: http://www.gardeners.com/how-to/succession-planting/5016.html



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Part 3
 Making our garden was no easy task, especially since there were some people slacking off. One of the most challenging part of making the garden was to break up the dirt for the mortar and bricks. One enjoyable thing was when we were trying to put a tarp to shield us from the wind. It was pretty fun especially since the wind was so strong. Overall the garden turned out good, but we still haven't planted anything in it yet.



Friday, October 7, 2016

  On September 6th, my class did an archeological dig. We shaved the dirt and cleared it in order to find some ancient artifacts. What we found in the school were bones, bracelets, beads, a sword, roman coins, and pottery. After about a week of digging, we were ready to analyze.





  The fascinating thing was that this was all at school. The sword was found in a hole, pots were scattered, bone and bracelets were in a hole, and beads, coins, and other bones were scattered. We believe that some of the coins were from the roman age. The pottery was probably from the 1st century.


 
  The process of our analysis was to clean the artifacts, and then assemble the pottery. After that the whole class walked around to observe the items and took  notes. I thought the metal items were rusty, and the other non-metallic objects were in pretty decent condition. We also analyzed how the items were used, like how the coins were used for currency.


   My theory as to what happened is a murder. Let me explain, so there was this girl that wore bracelets, and a bead necklace along with a broche that was gathering water for her family. Then suddenly out of nowhere a stranger went up to her and killed her with the sword and then left the sword there. Anyways that is my opinion of what happened, and my example of the dig.