Evidence Timeline Quiz

What was it used for?


This object was found in Emsworth.
Was it used for...

a)  Shaping butter in a Medieval kitchen
b)  Lining the wall of a Roman heating system
c)  As a boot scraper for cleaning Saxon shoes?
What was it used for?

This object was found at Fishbourne.
Was it used..

a)  As a shin pad in Iron Age sports
b)  To carry water around a Roman garden
c)  As a roof tile, to cover gaps?
What was it used for?

This Axe was found at Fishbourne.
Was it used...

a) As a votive offering to the Roman gods
b) As part of a charm bracelet
c) To trim the mouldy parts off cheese?
What is it?

This photograph shows part of an object found at Bosham.
What do you think it is?
What do you think this is?

This photograph shows part of an object found at Fishbourne. 
What do you think it is?
Guess what it is?

This photograph shows part of an object found at Fishbourne.
What do you think it is?
How old is this?

This is a water pipe, found at Fishbourne.
How old is it (Iron Age, Roman or Medieval)?
How old?

These are floor tiles, from Apuldram.
How old are they (Bronze Age, Roman or Medieval)?
How old?

This is a flint scraper, found at West Wittering.
How old is it (Stone Age, Bronze Age or Saxon)?



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Answers

1b) It is a Roman flue tile, used to carry hot air up the walls. It is textured with a comb to help plaster stick to it.
2c) It is an imbrex roof tile, used over flat tiles to cover the gaps between them.
3a) Experts think this tiny lead axe was used as an offering to the gods, perhaps as a request for divine help, but we don't know for sure. What do you think?

4 It shows the ear of an ormous Roman statue found at Bosham.
5 It shows the pointed base of an amphora, a large Roman storage jar.
6 This is a ballista bolt, which would have had a wooden shaft attached and been fired from a large crossbow by Roman soldiers.

7 The water pipe is Roman, about 1930 years old.
8 These floor tiles are Medieval, about 650 years old.
9 The scraper is Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) it could be up to 450,000 years old.

Objects from Fishbourne are kept at the Fishbourne Roman Palace Museum.
Bosham Head and flint scraper, copyright Chichester District Museum