Archeologist Burial

Burials are super important when it comes to Archeology for many reasons. For starters, studying human remains and skeletons after excavating them from their place of rest can provide a lot of information. By taking a closer look at human remains, archeologists can determine things like the height, health and age of the person at the time of their death. Teeth remains and their quality can even help determine where the person grew up. Human remains help us measure populations and can give us a better sense of what people in the past were like. Burials actually provide archeologists with the most evidence of the physicality of past populations. Furthermore, when dealing with burials it is important to keep in mind the remains you are study
Things like beliefs and cultures that help shape daily life are what make up culture. That being said, Material Culture is almost anything that is found in an archeologist excavation. Usually what is found is not some extravagant painting or work of art. For the most part, what is found is garbage. That garbage though can tell us a lot about that specific culture. For example, clothing is a big part of culture. Humans start their lives being dressed by whoever takes care of them, and as time goes on, they pick up certain associations that come with clothing. Clothing can be used to define yourself and help you define others. Certain clothing can be used in celebrations or even just to express yourself. Other things found that are categorized as material culture are pots. Studying the patterns on pots can tell archeologists a lot about the associations of that particular pot. What was that pot used for? What was it meant to hold? Archeologists can also look into if the pot was clean or dirty and if there are remnants in it of what it once held. When things like full houses are discovered, looking at the objects in the house and their placement can tell a lot about that specific culture. Archeologists have studied Iron Age roundhouses and the material culture they contain. This has led to a better understanding of the houses themselves. By looking at the placement of certain material culture
Though many would probably think there isn’t much to recover underwater, it is quite the opposite. Since some of history’s most dramatic events took place on water, the remains of such are often found below. There is also plenty to find where land and water meet. Things like trade, battles, and people immigrating took place right where water and land meet. Some people of the past even chose to live above water at the edge. With there being many sites to find and perhaps excavate, water archeologists still face many challenges when it comes to doing such things. Finding a site requires lengthy surveys, most commonly sonar surveys. After the site is found, it must be tagged using carefully measured GPS on account of the tides and currents that can pull a site off track. When it comes time to excavate, special tools like industrial strength vacuums to suck away silt are needed. Heavy machinery can also help remove concretion that has formed over metallic items. Items are then cleaned and recovered just like items found on land. Over the years some really cool things have been studied by archeologists. For example, King Henry the 8th’s ship, The Mary Rose, was sunk in 1545 and lost underwater until the 1830s. In that time, a group of divers were curious to explore the wreck. After that, the vessel was forgotten about again until 1971 when it was finally excavated by a group of archeologists. Many cool artifacts