USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -study of human history, based on material remains. material remains of a culture, such as tools, clothing, or food.

Detailed explanation-2: -Archeologists make observations about how people lived based on the artifacts and their context – the ground in which they are buried, the environment, and other factors. An observation is information gathered by using one of the five senses. However, artifacts, tell only part of the story.

Detailed explanation-3: -Archaeologists might study the million-year-old fossils of our earliest human ancestors in Africa. Or they might study 20th-century buildings in present-day New York City. Archaeology analyzes the physical remains of the past in pursuit of a broad and comprehensive understanding of human culture.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most common artifact found is a potsherd. A potsherd is a broken piece of pottery. Believe it or not, these can tell archaeologists a good deal about a site. In fact, pottery is one of the most useful finds in archaeology.