DAY 17 Questions 1-8 Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1? In boxes 1-8 on your answer sheet, write TRUE if the statement agrees with the information FALSE if the statement contradicts the information NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this 1 People typically think of a hoard as consisting of money
2 In the past, most hoards were discovered in wooded areas
3 The Romans took little interest in objects from earlier civilizations
4 Nowadays hoards in British towns and cities are generally discovered using metal detectors
5 Items in hoards are often better preserved than single lost objects
6 Archaeologists have realized that certain soil types cause less harm to buried objects
7 The Beau Street hoard is the largest collection of coins discovered in the UK
8 The precise meaning of prehistoric rituals has become clear following recent discoveries
Questions 9-16 Complete the notes below. Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 9-16 on your answer sheet. Why were hoards buried? •
accidental loss: in ‘purse hoards’, the
9 ……………… are often found alongside their contents
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loss of value: coins in late third-century Britain had less and less
10 ………………… in them
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greater security:
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money found in Bath in 2007 may have been
11 ……………….. before being hidden
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hoards from Roman villas were often placed in
12 …………………
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rituals:
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‘deliberate deposition’ in prehistory involved people placing objects in
