10 questions
Every semester a class of SR Anthropology starts out from ELHS goes out on an 8 week archeological dig to various trash pits in the area. .
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A diary written by one of the residents of the Smith Harris House coordinated well with material found in the trash pit (midden)
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False
The trash midden was located on a hill away from most farming activities.
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False
Combing tables are always used on our archeological digs as they allow us to comb through material left behind.
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False
We found that the most important product that came from Brookside farm was milk.
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False
The discovery of broken washboards, chamber pots, and pitchers indicates a house without electricity.
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False
The Smiths and the Harris’s had no children of their own but artifact found at the property revealed the presence of children.
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False
Horses were still used at the farm, along with a John Deere tractor.
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False
The Smith’s and Harris’s are buried on the Smith Harris property in a burial place & the class paid a visit before leaving the site.
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False
The class felt they learned a lot from the diary and by visiting the house but they felt they learned the most by examining the trash found there.
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False