Archeologists are like detectives of the past, unearthing clues about past events.
Archeology is the reconstruction of past cultures through their material remains and the study of how cultures change over time. Artifacts are objects that people create or modify. For the Dean Street site, thousands of different types of artifacts representing several different time periods will be uncovered. Features can be thought of as buildings, stains in the ground from a campfire, or the remnants of an old tree. Each artifact and feature location identified during the archeological study will be carefully recorded so that the reconstruction of the Dean Street site is as accurate as possible.