Does archaeology really matter?
Archaeology is the study of the human past. Divided into prehistoric archaeology and historical archaeology, the study offers a record and heritage to many different cultures. The study requires a systematic approach to the discovery of material remnants of past cultures. Artifacts—big and small—are objects recovered and analyzed to connect the present to the past. Dr. Paul M. Willette. Image source: directexpose.com Image source: projects-abroad.org To know how and why human behavior has changed throughout history is the objective of archaeology. Archaeologists dig through patterns in the advancement of important cultural events like the innovation of farming, the birth of cities, and the fall of major civilizations in order to gather data on the reasons such events took place. Fundamentally, archaeologists are trying to come up with ways to foresee how cultures will develop and how societies can be prepared for the future. Some significant elements...