Stockton,
CA 
Archaeologist
for a Day
Ever wonder what archaeology is all about?
Archaeologists investigate human history by studying the objects and buildings people in the past left behind. There are different types of archaeology. The study of the people who left behind written records is called historical archaeology.
The study of underwater sites like shipwrecks is called maritime archaeology. The study of people who didn't have writing is called prehistoric archaeology.
Places where people in the past lived or did things are called archaeological sites. One way archaeologists study the past is to excavate or 'dig' archaeological sites.
*words in orange throughout the site are in the glossary...
Find out how historical archaeologists
excavate sites...
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