How We Know about the Classical World

Here are the notes we'll use in this unit:

• Notes on Nova's Secrets of Lost Empires: Roman Bath

• Notes on Archaeology Basics

• Notes on the Old Homestead Activity

• Dr. Feathers' Presentation on Archaeology

• Notes on How We Know about the Ancient World - Overview

• Think Like an Archaeologist Website

View some videos:

• Nova's Secrets of Lost Empires: Roman Bath

• Ancient Rome in XX Minutes

• Overview of Archaeology

Further reading:

• What is experimental archaeology? - a great article by Alan K. Outram

• What's it like to be an archaeologist? - about an archaeologist's day to day life

• An Inconvenient Coin - about the coin that almost changed the date of 79 AD eruption of Mt. Vesuvius

Let's review:

• Quizlet set for geography review

• Quizlet set for review of terminology

• Practice Test