InformationalArticlebySandyMcKayHistorybySandyMcKaybSandyMcKayDetectivesPAIREDREADUncoveringthePastPAIREDREADUncoveringthePastSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:TheMcGrawHillCompanies,Inc.,RichardHutchings,Photographer,(inset)GarryBlack/Masterfile**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,608**ComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:SequenceVocabularyStrategyProverbsandAdagesVocabularyarchaeology,document,eras,evidence,expedition,permanent,tremendous,uncoverContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118919-9MHID:0-02-118919-6PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110bySandyMcKayHistorybySandyMcKaybSandyMcKayDetectivesPAIREDREADChapter1ExploringthePast.............................2Chapter2ExcavatingaSite..............................8Chapter3LearningfromthePast.......................12RespondtoReading..........................15UncoveringthePast................16Glossary/Index...............................19FocusonSocialStudies......................20EssentialQuestionHowcanlearningaboutthepasthelpyouunderstandthepresent?Chapter1ChapterChapterExploringthepastWhatdidourancestorswholived1,000yearsagowear?Whatdidtheyeat,andhowdidtheygetaround?Archaeologistsarethepeoplewhotrytofindanswerstothesequestions.Archaeologyisthestudyofhowpeoplelivedinthepast.Archaeologistslearnaboutthepastbyfindingandstudyingartifacts,orobjectsfromthepast.Sometimesarchaeologistsstudytheremainsofhouses,boats,orotherstructures.Theyalsoexaminesmallerobjects,suchastools,pottery,andevenfragmentsofglas...
