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THE COVINGTON NEWS — TUESDAY. JUNE «, 1976
How do you know where to dig?|
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A professional archaeologist at work. Many states are becoming con
servation minded. They hire archaeologists to visit sites before build
ings or river dams can be built There might be valuable artifacts below
the surface.
t Archaeologists who are looking for ar
tifacts read about the area to find out all
they can. Then they might search for the
following clues:
— - x Arrowheads and spear points — If you
\ pick up a lot of these, the chances are there
'AB: could be interesting things underneath.
A cave with a mound in front — The people
who lived here might have thrown gar
p,-, r bage out the entrance.
w ith a ^ at t°P —This might have
been the site of a city. Look for water
nearby.
Different colored grass — Some ar- I
chaeologists fly above the site and look for
, AZA ~ different colors in the grass or shrubs. The
lighter grass might indicate walls under
neath.
A square shaped mound — This could
.J have been a fort.
Mounds in pattern —These might have
s been houses.
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Macj ic Trick
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Hold your hands over your face.
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hind your front teeth and make a
snapping noise. After you have
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I can take off my thumb!
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hand . the two hands. Pull your
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Super Sport: Larry Bowa
Larry Bowa gives the
t Philadelphia Phillies’ base
ball diamond a special
sparkle.
He is one of the best
shortstops in the big leagues.
He has set several fielding
records and earned a position
on the All-Star team.
Larry, who is 5 feet 11 and
weighs 155 pounds, is also a
solid hitter.
He grew up in Sacramento, California and at
tended the City College of Sacramento.
His father and uncle played in the minor leagues.
In addition to baseball, Larry likes to play pool
and golf.
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Dig Your Own Dinosaur
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A sketch of what the dinosaur skeleton will look like when it is finally
put on display at the North Carolina Museum of Natural History in
Raleigh. A mortgage and loan company in North Carolina bought it as a
gift to the state.
What! A Christmas gift of a
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Jf/ Jk dinosaur!
That’s what Neiman
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partment store in Dallas,
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Tv) gift in their 1975 catalog.
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V / bank will go with a research
A team from the University of
'j? Utah to look for the dinosaur
1 fossils or bones which have
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fully copied in a special mate
rial- The North Carolina
Sqh urfjß museum will not get the real
WKT bones, but rather a skeleton
based on what the research
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man and his past Dinosaur bones are heavy,
the people that _
study animal fossils It WOUld COSt tOO much to
are called paleon- , ~ , » ,
toiogists (pa le on make a display of the real
TOLajists). skeleton.
The type of dinosaur skeleton
the scientists are looking for is that '
of the Allosaurus (AL lo SAWR us),
the giant meat eater of his day.
This kind was 30 to 35 feet long, 15 ' C iX.
feet tall and weighed 2 tons when it \
was living. It fed on small and \
medium-size reptiles and even at- Z \ /
tacked larger ones. It ran on hind \j J \\
legs. The front legs were very short v\ Ii
and weak, but it had sharp claws / X \ \ j / 1
that were probably used for grasp- J /
ing. These dinosaurs lived 130 to
180 million years ago. q
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For Parents n Teachers
This block of The Mini Page is especially designed
for parents and teachers to use as a guide to this
week’s Mini Page.
Page 1: Discuss what an archaeologist does. Talk about
any digs you might have seen. Discuss the definitions.
Talk about the different jobs on a dig and have the child
say which one he would pick and why.
Page 2: Dig your own Dinosaur: Talk about how fossils are
formed. Some were formed when animals died and fell
into water. Mud stuck around them. More mud and clay
formed around them. The mud and clay turned to rock
after years and years. The paleontologist has to chip the
rock away.
Page 3: How do you know where to dig? Discuss the differ
ent places you can search for artifacts. Find out if there is
a dig near you and visit it.
Page 4: What’s the Problem? Ask the child to look at the
picture and tell you what these children are doing wrong.
This situation could apply to a vacant house as well.
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