CONTENTS What Is Archaeology 4 What Do People Leave Behind 6 Where Oh Where 8 On Site 10 Diggin It 12 To the Lab 14 Now the Work Begins 16 What It Takes 18 A Future Archaeologist 20 Glossary 22 For More Information 23 Index 24 Words in the glossary appear in bold type the first time they are used in the text
IS WHAT ARCHAEOLOGY Do you like to dig in the dirt Are you good at finding things that are lost Do you love learning about history Are you a master at puzzles If so archaeology ahr-kee-AH-luh-jee might be for you Archaeology is the study of the past through what people have made used and left behind Archaeologists leave rocks and dinosaurs to other scientists and instead study things made by people The objects archaeologists study are called artifacts They’re found by digging where people have lived 4
5 Archaeologists want to know how people Uved cooked ate slept and more They also want to learn about rulers art beliefs tools Inventions and technology They might find bones but will give them to other scientists to study
