Why is Herculaneum important to archeology today? It is important because archeaologists know so many different things about it like what their diet was, how they lived and how they made their money, and so many little details. They have many different aspects and can put them together to make a society. It gives archeologists a big idea on how societies were back then.
What are some of the challenges that archeologists face when examining the city of Herculaneum? It's an old city so many objects are decaying and are hard to recover.
How do you think the archeological investigation of Herculaneum relates to forensic anthropology? In what ways are similar techniques and processes used in both of these situations? Both take pieces and try to put them together and analyze what happened and when.
What is surprising about the ruins in Herculaneum? How is this different than Pompeii? In Herculaneum, much organic material is preserved such as wooden structures, food, cloth, cupboards, and upper floors. Unlike Pompeii, Herculaneum had all the bodies in one place, huddle close to each other.
How do archeologists know that other people have been to the ruins in Herculaneum before them? What were the people searching for? What dangers did they face? Because there were newer tunnels leading into the city. They were looking for treasure in the 18th century. They faced many dangers like suffocating and rock falls.
How did the bodies in Herculaneum differ from those in Pompeii? Hundreds of human casts survived in Pompeii.
Do you think it would be interesting to work on a site like Herculaneum to discover what happened? Why or why not? How would this work differ from a traditional crime scene? Yes it would be very interesting to see many artifacts that are so old and haven't been dug up for centuries. It differs from a traditional crime scene because at a crime scene you are not digging up ancient artifacts.
