Dig Fort Ross Archaeology Painting of Fort Ross in 1828.
Archaeology is the science that studies the physical remains of the human past.
Left, Archaeologists excavating the Native Alaskan Village Site at Fort Ross. Right, Professor Kent Lightfoot, an archaeologist, pointing to the excavated remains of an old Russian sauna he discovered at Fort Ross. Left, Archaeologists excavating Russian bricks in old orchard at Fort Ross. Right, Close-up of orchard excavation. Archaeologists investigate the past by digging in the ground to see what they can find.