Key Points in This Chapter

KEY POINTS IN THIS CHAPTER

• Archaeology existed in some form even in times we consider ancient now.

• Early relics were found to be interesting and were kept by antiquarians in curio cabinets without a real excavation of their history or context.

• Archaeology has evolved greatly over the last 150 years to be a true science people can study in college today.

• New technology, such as carbon dating and ground penetrating radar are now used routinely in archaeological digs.

• There were many prominent figures in archaeology who developed the science of things like stratigraphy and careful collection of artifacts in order to understand their history in the context in which they existed.