History Web Pages Copyright, 2000. Anthropology Anthropology is the study of man, namely, his origin, physical, social, and cultural development.
Archaeologists are subgroup of anthropologists who excavate the material remains of man in the past.
For an overview of the different periods in archaeological history see Archaeology. For Early American Archaeology read In Small Things Forgotten by James Deetz. In Small Things Forgotten by James Deetz. When Columbus discovered America in 1492, he thought he had reached India, and therefore named the people of America, Indians. There was much speculation as to how the Indians came to America.