What is archeology?

Archeology is the discipline of digging old artifacts and buildings where you will learn more about human history. It is often considered a type of science, although it is based on interpretation and cross-comparisons than on the formation of hypotheses and experimentation. Archeology is an imperfect discipline because excavations only obtain a small percentage of original artifacts and various scientists may have contradictory interpretations of evidence discovered. Nevertheless, we have learned a huge amount of human history and prehistoric times through archeology. These species colonized parts of Eurasia more than two million years ago and left simple stone tools along the way. Much recently, only 50,000 years ago, modern people spread over Eurasia, Leavv their furrow much more complicated tools. Thanks to archeology (as well as fossil excavations) we have a good handle where these events occurred and in which regions.

ModernThe archeology dates back to the early 19th century. Since then, there have been some of the most interesting archaeological findings: the discovery of ancient Egyptian, Mayan and Chinese royal tombs, complemented by tons of artifacts, to accompany the king into posthumous life; Residues of settlements that indicate that the Vikings got to America as early as 1000, almost 500 years before Columbus; Remnants of prehistoric settlements under the North Sea (adjacent to Great Britain), since the levels of sea levels in the world were lower; The sunken Spanish galleons in the Atlantic Ocean carrying gold, silver and emeralds worth up to ten billion dollars and more.

The archeology discipline was dramatized in films such as Indiana Jones and games like Tomb Raider . Younger archaeologists often quote them as an inspiration for entering the field.