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Archaeology
Archaeology is the study of the human past using material remains. These remains can be any objects that people created, modified, or used.
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Archaeology is the study of human history using material remains. Archaeologists excavate and study features and artifacts, like this clay sculpture unearthed in Cerro de las Mesas, Veracruz, Mexico. Archaeologists determined this artifact is pre-Columbian, meaning it was created in the Americas before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492.
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Archaeology is the study of human history using material remains. Archaeologists excavate and study features and artifacts, like this clay sculpture unearthed in Cerro de las Mesas, Veracruz, Mexico. Archaeologists determined this artifact is pre-Columbian, meaning it was created in the Americas before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492.
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Archaeology is the study of the human past using material remains. These remains can be any objects that people created, modified, or used.
Portable remains are usually called artifacts. Artifacts include tools, clothing, and decorations. Non-portable remains, such as pyramids or post-holes, are called features.
Archaeologists use artifacts and features to learn how people lived in specific times and places. They want to know what these people’s daily lives were like, how they were governed, how they interacted with each other, and what they believed and valued.
Sometimes, artifacts and features provide the only clues about an ancient community or civilization. Prehistoric civilizations did not leave behind written records, so we cannot read about them.
Understanding why ancient cultures built the giant stone circles at Stonehenge, England, for instance, remains a challenge 5,000 years after the first monoliths were erected. Archaeologists studying Stonehenge do not have ancient manuscripts to tell them how cultures used the feature. They rely on the enormous stones themselves—how they are arranged and the way the site developed over time.