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This 20-word word search covers the Murgia Timone Neolithic settlement in Matera, Italy, for students in Grades 7–9. Hidden words include entrenchedvillage, Civita, Neolithic, and Domenicoridola, exploring the site's defensive features and archaeological significance. Use it in a world history or archaeology unit, as a research-project warm-up, or as a sub-plan activity for students studying early human settlement patterns.

Subject:
Social Studies
Topic:
Archaeology
Grade Level:
7th – 9th Grades
Updated November 2020

Word List

  • ENTRENCHEDVILLAGE
  • MURGECCHIA
  • TWOPLATEAUS
  • JESCESTREAM
  • CIVITA
  • DOMENICORIDOLA
  • OVALSHAPE
  • MOAT
  • TRENCH
  • DEFENSIVE
  • SETTLEMENT
  • STONETOOLS
  • NOMADIC
  • CIRCULARHUTS
  • NEOLITHIC
  • ARTISANECONOMY
  • RAVINE
  • FERTILESOIL
  • THYME
  • SERRADALTO

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