Lab 5: Artefacts from Below the Surface Project, Amsterdam
- Read: https://belowthesurface.amsterdam/en/pagina/de-opgravingen-index so that you understand the
background of this urban excavation - Choose an artefact (make sure it is an artefact so something modified by humans) found during this
excavation: https://belowthesurface.amsterdam/en/vondsten - Save the photo of your object and include it along with the link.
For example, like this dog-shaped whistle (you can’t use this whistle—find your own example!):
https://belowthesurface.amsterdam/en/vondst/NZD1.00610KST054?index=592 - Answer the following questions based on the object you chose:
a. What is the object?
b. What is it made of?
c. Describe additional features such as colour, imagery, is it broken or complete, etc.
d. How old is it?
e. Describe one method you could use to analyze this object to gain more information about it.
f. What could this object tell you about urban Amsterdam?
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