What does an archaeologist do?

Answer 1

An archaeologist studies past human societies through the items made by those people, the environment they lived in, the things they built, and the foods they ate. Archaeology is the study of societies that have come and gone.

An archaeologist may be involved at any stage of this process from the field archaeologist who excavates the sites these people lived in and recovers the evidence, documenting items that are found, how far underground they are, to specialists involved at later stages who may work dating the items and identifying them or looking at the environmental evidence. Some archaeologists may specialise in the archaeology of particular areas or types of artifact. For example Egyptologists are a type of archaeologist. Various types of archaeologist work together to understand how these past societies may have been.
An archaeologist is a person that studies ancient peoples, societies, and cultures. He does this by collecting and analyzing artifacts from the past. Sometimes, many artifacts are found through the excavation of historical sites.
Archeology is the systematic study of past human life and culture by the recovery and examination of remaining material evidence, such as graves, buildings, tools, and pottery. Archaeological investigations are a principal source of modern knowledge of prehistoric, ancient, and extinct cultures.

An archeologist is the person who supervises excavations, collects the evidence, and studies historic or prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions, monuments, and other such remains, especially those that have been excavated.

Answer 2

An archaeologist studies the past cultures and the items that people have made or artifacts used for modified. She/he also investigates and preserves the limited and fragile clues from previous cultures in order to understand the peopleÕs connection to the past.
Studies ancient artifacts to learn about people and cultures

Answer 3

archaeologist (an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture)

As long as humans have lived on earth they have left traces of their existence. Whatever the deposit, it will tell those who excavate and research these remains something of the lives of the people who left them behind. This is archaeology. The range of sites studied and the enormous variations in the amount and complexity of the remains hav led to great specialization in the disciplins that exist today under the general umbrella of archaeology. (From World Book Archeology Encyclopedia)

Answer 4

An archaeologist is a person who studies ancient peoples, societies, and cultures and the associated artefacts.

In simple terms they undertake the systematic study of past human life and culture by the recovery and examination of remaining material evidence, such as graves, buildings, tools, and pottery.

Archaeologists excavate the ground to find artifacts, or old items left behind from previous civilisations and cultural groups (ancient or modern), such as Native Americans, Indigenous Australians, Incas, etc. They use information from these items left behind to develop a picture of how people lived in earlier cultures and societies, including what they believed in, how they obtained their food and so on. They use clues from artifacts to construct a picture of people's lifestyle and culture, including such things as housing, food, religion and literature. They also study the foundations of buildings, tools and implements, household items and basically anything that their careful work uncovers.

The work of archaeologists is important because, by studying earlier civilisations, it is hoped that modern society can learn how to improve in various facets of modern culture and education. That way, we can perhaps hope to avoid some of the problems of earlier times, and solutions to modern difficulties. We can determine our own levels or progress, or even "regress", and work forwards towards improvement and betterment.

Archaeologists have traditionally been known as people who dig and sift dirt trying to find remains of ancient civilizations, often following up their findings with published materials. However, the actual day-to-day tasks and activities of archaeologists are much more involved than that.

Archaeologists must first plan their dig, and make surveys by either aerial Photography or field walking, followed by desk-site assessment and evaluation of proposed dig sites; they have to check for related planning applications whilst identifying and outlining the impact of an archaeological dig on the environment; they negotiate with the authorities, the client and their own dig team; then they conduct the dig.

During the dig, they meticulously record and interpret artifacts and the landscape where they have been found using a variety of methods, such as drawings and sketches, notes, measurements and CAD (computer-aided design). These items are analysed and classified, and often followed by further research either before or in conjunction with publishing their findings. Many archaeologists are also educators, so they need strong communication skills.

Some archaeologists may specialise in the archaeology of particular areas or types of artifact. For example Egyptologists are a type of archaeologist. Various types of archaeologist work together to understand how these past societies may have been.
An archaeologist is someone who studies the past by excavating and exploring historic sites.

Answer 5

a person who studies prehistoric people and their culture.

Answer 6

A person who studies artifacts can cultural.

Answer 7

I believe they study fossils

Answer 8

they sdotiy old artifacts

Answer 9

they study old artifacts