Starter quiz
- Complete the sentence: The action of buying and selling goods is called ______
- 'trade' ✓
- What was the name of a person in Viking times who traded goods?
- purchaser
- merchant ✓
- buyer
- seller
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- Which river provided easy trade routes in and out of York?
- Foss
- Baltic
- Thames
- Ouse ✓
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- Which of these were objects that Viking merchants traded across the world?
- mosaics
- carnelian ✓
- papyrus
- silk ✓
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- Complete the sentence: A large amount of ______, around 23 fragments, was found at Coppergate.
- 'silk' ✓
- Match the excavated item to where it originally came from.
- carnelian⇔Russia ✓
- amber⇔Baltic ✓
- silk⇔Byzantium ✓
Exit quiz
- Complete the sentence: An object made by a human being, often of historical interest, is called an ______.
- 'artefact' ✓
- Why are artefacts important to archaeologists?
- They are beautiful things for them to treasure.
- They can be sold and make them lots of money.
- They provide them with information about that period. ✓
- They can use them to help make modern tools.
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- Which artefacts were among those found at Coppergate?
- ice skates ✓
- mosaics
- padlock and key ✓
- glass statues
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- What was the piece of metal used to stamp images onto blank metal discs called?
- coin stamp
- coin printer
- coin die ✓
- coin cutter
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- Complete the sentence: Archaeologists learnt that the Vikings used ______ for travel and enjoyment in the winter months.
- 'ice skates' ✓
- What was Thor a Norse god of?
- lightening
- thunder ✓
- rain
- storms
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Key learning points
- At Coppergate, archaeologists found a metal padlock and key, which suggests the owner was rich.
- Whoever owned them would have controlled access to the home and to valuables that were locked away.
- They also found 42 pairs of ice skates, made from horse or cattle leg bones, and used for transportation and leisure.
- A discovered wooden gaming board with walrus ivory pieces tells us that the Vikings liked to play boardgames.
- A discovered coin die with a design referencing St Peter and Thor shows how religious beliefs blended in Viking York.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that what archaeologists learn from artefacts is definitive knowledge.
Archaeologists carefully study artefacts to learn how people lived in specific times and places. New knowledge can be discovered and can change their understanding of how people lived.
Keywords
Artefact - an artefact is an object made by a human being, typically one of cultural or historical interest
Coin die - a coin die is a metal stamp used to imprint a design on a coin
Thor - Thor was the Viking god of thunder
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