As you realize, archaeology examines the past through the use of garbage, loosely defined as the material that people leave behind. It is not as easy as you might think. You cannot think that just because an object looks like something you are familiar with, the object is the same.
Objects contain various levels of information.
Be sure you understand the ideas of form, function and meaning. Context may be crucial to understanding the objects. They begin with classification or, simply put, organization. In this exercise, each working group will be given a container with a number of objects in it. Your job is to organize the objects into smaller groups in as many different ways that you can think of.