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What Is Archaeology?

To find out what archaeologists do and how they do it, here are some frequenly asked questions. Click on the links to find out the answers from some great web resources:

Archaeology? What's that?

What do archaeologists do?

What is NOT archaeology?

 
How do archaeologists begin working at a site?

How are sites found?

Where do you start?

Where do you begin digging?


What do archaeologists do at a site?

What do archaeologists do?

How do they record what they find?

Collecting the clues. Why is stratigraphy important?

What do they do with artifacts?

Why is pottery important?

What can we learn from pottery?

What other exports else work at a site?


How do you preserve what you find?

Saving the past for the future

Reconstructing wall paintings and artifacts


Want to see some example excavation work?

Follow a dig week by week

Mysteries of Çatalhöyük: interactive page

See archaeology sites from around the world

Sites in Egypt

Example Crow Creek Massacre site

Example of conservation in Egypt

 

 

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