The Past Discovered by Archaeologists by Michelle Jo

The Past Discovered from Archaeologists

People who study prehistory, mainly people and their culture, are archaeologists. They study by different methods and tools. Archeologists are our most important link to the past and essential for human growth and development.

One of those reasons is that they wonder about the past and how it was back then. For instance, they go to the place where sources were found, and the things are separated by written sources or non-written sources. The written sources include books, letters, diaries, and etc. The non-written sources include fossils, artifacts, ruins, and oral traditions. From the Aztec Empire, the Toltec limestone relief sculpture, panel of skulls, and gold nose are some examples of non-written sources.

To follow, their curiosity leads their interest to investigate the histories and cultures that the history left behind. Some of them also investigate to relate to the past, to see the difference from the past to today. This is because the cultures or source of histories can help them develop the sources that are now in present. With this is mind, they can relate to how the present is somehow similar to the past.

In fact, they want to learn about the people in the past, how they made a living, which leads to cultures of the past house building, and our house building today. Looking back at the Neolithic age, they made houses called dugout huts. It was made out of straw and mud. Today, we see apartments made out of concrete. From these facts, archaeologists investigate the development of living.

The last reason that archaeologists investigate the past is to make a better city. City planners use the information from the past to build a further developed city. Their work also helps improve our lives and understandings about the past. For example, to make a better city in CITS, we visited the Beijing city planning exhibition center.

Archaeologists explore the past because they want to study how it was back then, to learn about the people, of curiosity, or perhaps to make a better city. They are our key figure to link the past and present.