Professional Documents
Culture Documents
What is Archaeology?
The word archaeology is ancient Greek in origin.
Its simple meaning is the study of everything
ancient.
Archaeology is the scientific study relating to
peoples of the past. The study also deals with the
culture and their relation with the environment.
The main aim of the archaeological study to
understand how humans in the past to interacted
with their environment & to preserve this history
for present & future learning. They include the
study of the buildings, monuments & other
material relics.
What is Archaeology?
Today, archaeology is a systematic and scientific
approach to collecting, classifying and interpreting
physical remains.
Archaeologists examine objects from left behind
from a society.
This is where archaeology comes in studying the
material remains of the past to learn about how
people lived. Thereby helping to fill the gaps
left by only studying written records.
archaeologists study the past.
What is Archaeology?
These objects often relate to everyday life
particularly unimportant details of life
that are not recorded in written records.
The named derives from one of the two discovered cities Harappa and Mohenjo Daro ("Mound of the Dead)
Rising more than twenty feet to the west stood the citadel, built on a mound of
mud brick and rubble. Fortified by a brick wall and towers, the citadel contained
the citys shrine, assembly hall, baths, and granary.
Ruins of Harappa
Harappa granary
Looking at Sources
For each object:
Describe the object
What is it made of?
What is its purpose?
Is it archaeological evidence or a written source or both?
What can it tell you about the people who made and used it?
Is the object most helpful in finding out about:
daily life
culture & beliefs
social and political life?
Architecture in archaeology
The first manifestation of architecture taking a role in
archaeology was the development of household archaeology,
the merging of settlement archaeology and activity area
research
T H A N K YO U