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Description Archaeologists travel throughout the world, looking at ancient buildings, the remains of villages, and objects and documents left behind thousands of years ago, to reconstruct the past. They are interested in figuring out the various social, political and intellectual histories of different societies. This information is used to expand our knowledge of human evolution. They want to learn about daily life, about industries, about religions, about architecture. Archaeologists do this by travelling to remote places, abandoned villages, and even by examining urban development sites. They study each artifact they find carefully, and preserve and document them all, from small seeds and cooking tools to glittering jewels and bones. Each artifact they find is a piece of the puzzle, each piece telling us more of humanity's story. Using scientific studies, laboratory tests and past knowledge, archaeologists can take the artifacts, and, along with information about the location they were found in (desert, jungle, underneath city hall), they can come to conclusions about human cultures of the past. Most of our knowledge about truly ancient history comes from Old World, or prehistoric, archaeologists. These are the scientists who have to recreate history using only found objects. These scientists look at societies who didn't write anything down. Historical archaeologists are the scientists who concern themselves with places and times which have already had some historical details written down. This sounds like it might be easier than Old World archaeology, but it isn't. Often, historical archaeologists are working with faded, indecipherable documents, often written in lost or uncommon languages. The science of archaeology is exciting. The satisfaction of a new discovery is thrilling and intense. Many archaeologists are able to impart previously unknown knowledge to a community whose ancestors they are researching. Old traditions can be brought back to life, and the rest of the world benefits by learning the details of human history which, without the help of these dedicated scientists, would most definitely be lost forever. |
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014-15 Edition, http://www.bls.gov/ooh/ Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Employment Statistics, 2002, http://www.bls.gov/oes/2002/oes_nat.htm |
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