Archaeology today links our lives with the lives of people from long ago.
Use these Internet sites to explore modern excavations that uncover important clues to the past. Pieces of the Past Roll up your sleeves and get ready to dig. This site from Canada's Royal Ontario Museum offers a tutorial on excavating historic sites, as well as an online simulation of a fictional excavation. Use what you know about archaeology as well as the soil at the site, existing structures, and the clues from the artifacts found there to learn about the past. Some excavations give us a glimpse into the past as well as the future.