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1. List five tools the archeologists used in the dig.

Soft brushes, shovel, dental pick, wheelbarrow, sifter, water screen, trowel, surveyor's transit, India ink, water, fence diagram, scale drawings, tractor

2. List five artifacts that they found.

A layer of volcanic ash from Crater Lake, bones of arctic fox, bones of elk 10% larger than any elk alive today, ancient human skull caps, mice teeth, charcoal, ancient seeds, bone needles, owl claw with hole drilled through it, arrowheads, spear points,

3. Describe the climate that Marmes Man lived in.

A cold ice age climate

4. Name two ways they dated the artifacts that they found.

A. By looking at the geological layer the artifact is found. The deeper the layer, the older the artifact.

B. Radio Carbon Dating. They measure the half life of the carbon 14 atom which has a half life of 5,200 years

5. How old was the oldest Marmes Skull?

10,000 years old

6. Why can't anyone visit the site today?

The site is flooded under 40 feet of water because of a dam (Lower Monumental Dam) built on the Snake River.