GK
WORLD HISTORY
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by deciphering written records
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by evaluating genetic information
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by supplying evidence about how people lived
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by establishing rules about how civilizations developed
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Detailed explanation-1: -Archaeologists use artifacts and features to learn how people lived in specific times and places.
Detailed explanation-2: -Archaeological investigations are a principal source of knowledge of prehistoric, ancient, and extinct culture. The word comes from the Greek archaia (“ancient things”) and logos (“theory” or “science”). The archaeologist is first a descriptive worker: he has to describe, classify, and analyze the artifacts he studies.
Detailed explanation-3: -Archaeological evidence is physical artifacts left behind by people who lived in the past. It is the main way to study people who lived before humans started keeping written records and it can also help provide information which sheds more light on time periods for which historical records exist.