LearnerstounderstandtheprocessofdiscoveringandresearchinganartefactHistory,Archaeology

• Whatisanartefact?• Whatisanarchaeologist?• Whatisanarchaeological

excavation?• Whenwerethe11thand13th

Centuries?(11thCentury:1000-1099,13thCentury:1200–1299)

• Whatdoesinterpretationmean?

Readthroughtheinformationaboutthecarving.Askthelearnerstodiscussthethreequestionsinpairs.Shareanddiscusssomeoftheanswerswiththeclass.Preparationwork:Placemanydifferentitemsinasandboxoranotherareawhereitispossibletosearch/digforartefacts.

Thelearnersmustgothroughtheprocessanarchaeologistwouldgothroughwhilstsearchingforartefacts.

1. Findtheobject2. Cleantheobject3. Photograph/drawtheobject4. Writedownadescription5. Puttheobjectondisplay.

Askthelearnerstocreateasmallexhibitionoftheitemstheyfound.Thelearnersshouldchooseathemetolinkthedifferentartefacts.

Lessonobjective:

Focus:

Starterquestions:

Discussion:

Activity

Plenary:

Lesson plan: Story of an Artefact

Stor

y of

an

arte

fact

Thiscarvingwasfo

unddu

ringanarcha

eologicalexcavationatDeganwyCastle.

Archaeologiststhinkitm

aybethehe

adofthe

WelshPrin

ceLlywelynabIorw

erth

(LlywelynFaw

r)and

havedateditto1213-1

230.The

dategivenisbasedon

the

styleofcarving.

Deganw

ycastlewasfirstb

uiltbyaNormannam

edRob

erto

fRhu

ddlaninth

elate

11thCen

tury.The

castle

wasdestroyed

bytheWelshinth

eearly

13t

h Cen

turyand

rebu

iltbyLlyw

elynFaw

rfrom1213.The

castle

wasdestroyed

againbytheWelsh

beforeitcou

ldbesurren

deredtoKingHe

nryIII.KingHen

ryIIItoo

kthesite

anyw

ayand

rebu

iltth

ecastlein1244-54.Itw

asfinallydestroyed

againbythe

WelshPrin

ceLlywelynapGruffud

d(LlywelynThe

Last)in1263.The

carvingwas

foun

dinalaterlayerwhichprovide

susw

ithinform

ationabou

tthe

destructio

nof

thecastle.

1.

Whatcanyou

seeon

thecarvingthatte

llsusthisp

ersonwasro

yalty

?

2.

Whydoarchaeologiststhinkth

ecarvingisLlyw

elynFaw

r?

3.

WasDeganwyaWelshorN

ormancastle

duringthe13

thCen

tury?

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useumWales

Discussion

Stor

y of

an

arte

fact

Jobcompleted

1. Findtheob

ject

Itisimporta

nttowrited

ownasmuchinform

ationaspossibleab

outw

heretheo

bjectw

asfound.

Becarefulw

hilstlookingforartefactsbecausesomeofthem

areveryfragile.

2. Clean

theob

ject

Theo

bjectsmayhaveb

eenintheg

roundforalmost1,000ye

ars.Ob

jectsm

aybed

amagedovertimesuchasiron

rusting.Peoplecalledco

nservatorscleantheo

bjectscarefullyan

dhelptostoptheo

bjectfrombeingdam

agedan

ymore.

3. Pho

tograp

h/draw

theob

ject

Oncetheo

bjectiscleanphotographscanbetaken.Oftenmorethanonephotographwillbetakentoshow

theo

bject

fromdifferentangles.Ameasuringscalesuchasarulercanbeu

sedtoshow

whatsizetheo

bjectis.

4. W

riteade

scrip

tion

Adetaileddescriptionoftheo

bjectisrecorded.Th

ismeansotherex

pertscanusethephotoan

ddescriptiontostudy

theobject.Lookforotherexamplesofthetypeofobject,thiscanbeusedtohelpinterpretw

hentheo

bjectw

asused

andwhatitw

asusedfor.

5. Putobjecto

ndisplay

Puttingan

objectondisplay

bringstogetherallthestages.Theobjectw

illbeputondisplay

withotherobjectsthat

followasim

ilartheme.Yo

uwillneedtowritead

escriptionoftheartefactnexttotheitem.

Stor

y of

an

arte

fact

1 2 3 4

A

B

C

D

1.Findtheob

ject–digre

cordsh

eet

Stor

y of

an

arte

fact

Whatisit?

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Whe

reisitfrom

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Howoldisit?

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Whatd

oesitd

o?

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3.Pictureofthe

artefact

4.Descriptio

n