Expert-Level Archaeology Quiz
Test your expertise in archaeological methods, ancient cultures, and landmark discoveries.
Quiz Questions
Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.
- 1
Which culture produced the world’s earliest known pottery fragments dated to around 14,500 BCE?
- 2
Which dating technique determines the age of organic material by measuring decayed carbon isotopes?
- 3
At which Bronze Age palace were the first Linear B tablets deciphered?
- 4
What is the name of the principle stating that, in undisturbed strata, deeper layers are older than those above them?
- 5
Which 19th‑century excavator introduced systematic grid methods to Egyptian archaeology?
- 6
The Beaker culture is most commonly associated with which burial type?
- 7
Which isotope analysis is most directly used to reconstruct ancient diets?
- 8
Which ancient settlement was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD?
- 9
What term describes a stone flake intentionally detached from a core to serve as a tool?
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