The word list prints with the puzzle; the answer key prints on its own page.
Grab a trowel and a soft brush: twelve terms from the archaeologist's field kit are buried in this medium grid. Words can run diagonally or in reverse, so treat each row like a stratum — sift carefully, because a relic misread backwards is a discovery missed.
| U | L | E | H | S | F | A | M | Y | R | S | G | S | A |
| E | N | H | M | M | E | U | T | I | A | N | D | N | B |
| I | T | Y | R | E | T | T | O | P | I | I | R | E | T |
| T | F | C | S | A | B | E | I | T | M | B | G | X | E |
| I | U | M | R | E | N | M | A | R | I | C | S | C | T |
| O | T | T | D | T | Y | D | I | F | T | N | I | A | D |
| R | S | R | U | I | N | S | O | R | O | L | E | V | O |
| H | I | E | R | O | G | L | Y | P | H | S | R | A | H |
| C | I | A | B | O | S | S | S | E | B | W | S | T | S |
| U | T | R | H | E | B | T | I | S | R | E | L | I | C |
| O | A | I | A | P | B | M | O | T | I | T | P | O | L |
| C | R | U | T | O | T | M | T | A | E | E | S | N | R |
| M | U | E | S | U | M | I | I | R | X | T | T | C | Y |
| T | I | T | C | A | F | I | T | R | A | E | L | A | I |
| U | L | E | H | S | F | A | M | Y | R | S | G | S | A |
| E | N | H | M | M | E | U | T | I | A | N | D | N | B |
| I | T | Y | R | E | T | T | O | P | I | I | R | E | T |
| T | F | C | S | A | B | E | I | T | M | B | G | X | E |
| I | U | M | R | E | N | M | A | R | I | C | S | C | T |
| O | T | T | D | T | Y | D | I | F | T | N | I | A | D |
| R | S | R | U | I | N | S | O | R | O | L | E | V | O |
| H | I | E | R | O | G | L | Y | P | H | S | R | A | H |
| C | I | A | B | O | S | S | S | E | B | W | S | T | S |
| U | T | R | H | E | B | T | I | S | R | E | L | I | C |
| O | A | I | A | P | B | M | O | T | I | T | P | O | L |
| C | R | U | T | O | T | M | T | A | E | E | S | N | R |
| M | U | E | S | U | M | I | I | R | X | T | T | C | Y |
| T | I | T | C | A | F | I | T | R | A | E | L | A | I |