WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATION PREHISTORY300 BC

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Archaeology is the study of past people and their cultures through their material remains. These remains can be ____
A
Artifacts
B
Monuments
C
Buildings & tombs
D
All of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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. Artifacts include tools, clothing, and decorations.

Detailed explanation-2: -Archaeology is the study of past cultures. Archaeologists are interested in how people of the past lived, worked, traded with others, moved across the landscape, and what they believed.

Detailed explanation-3: -Archaeology is primarily concerned with reconstructing extinct cultures from the material remains of past human behavior, or the things people made or used and left behind. These remains are called artifacts. Much of what we see around us – computers, clothing, food, books, and buildings – are artifacts.

Detailed explanation-4: -Archaeologists use various methods to study items of material culture called artifacts and features. Both are human-related items, but artifacts are portable, while features are not. Additionally, ecofacts are biomaterials that were used by people, like animal bones, that indicate human activity.

Detailed explanation-5: -Human osteoarchaeology is the scientific study of human skeletons excavated from archaeological sites. It can tell us about the health, lifestyle, diet, mortality and physique of people in the past.

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