How Archaeologists Study the Past?

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. ... Archaeologists use artifacts and features to learn how people lived in specific times and places.

How do archaeologists learn about the past?

Archaeologists are like detectives. They use artifacts and the sites the artifacts come from as clues to the past. By definition an artifact is something either made or used by a human, so archaeologists try to determine what its function or purpose was in a variety of ways.

How do archaeologists help historians study the past?

Using the evidence they have gathered allows historians to draw conclusions about societies in the past. ... Historians and archaeologists put written and unwritten clues together to learn about the past and sometimes to revise their ideas about the past.