WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Archaeology is the study of the human past using material remains.

Detailed explanation-2: -An artifact can provide a large amount of information to an archaeologist. It’s shape and physical features can tell them how it was used, as a cutting tool for example, and the context in which it was found can provide further conclusions.

Detailed explanation-3: -Archaeology is the study of the ancient and recent human past through material remains.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bones marked by perimortem injuries, such as unhealed fractures, bullet holes, or cuts, can reveal cause of death. The trained anthropologist is also able to identify skeletal clues of ancestry. Even certain activities, diet, and ways of life are reflected in bones and teeth.

Detailed explanation-5: -Archaeologists are essentially detectives who search through many thousands of pieces of fragmentary pots and other artifacts as well as environmental data in order to reconstruct ancient life ways. In a sense, this makes archaeology the cultural anthropology of the past.