Removing the soil covering a broken pot is like peeling away layers of time. Each small fragment helps to build a fuller picture of the past. Their first task is to describe, classify, and analyse the objects. The location and orientation of the objects at the site can provide important information. They measure, record, and analyse everything and try to preserve it if at all possible.
Anthropological archaeology focusses on prehistory - the time before written records.
Tutankhamun was a boy king who ruled in Egypt 3,500 years ago. Nearby lay gold treasure and beautiful furniture. In the 1930s Louis and Mary Leakey made major discoveries about human origins. XML Featured by WorldSpace Copyright 1998 - 2001 Alan Richmond . Privacy and Usage .