Central Whidbey's ARCHAEOLGICAL HERITAGE

What are Archaeological Resources? Archaeological resources is the term used to refer to anything that helps us to learn about past groups of people and their activities. In most cases, it means archaeological sites and the materials (artifacts) found in them. A place where artifacts are found is called a site. Usually a site is a place where people either lived or worked. Beyond examining artifacts, archaeologists also learn a great deal about how people lived by studying how the artifacts are distributed within a site. Knowing the relationship of each artifact to other artifacts around it (called association or context) is enormously helpful. Study of how various things are distributed can help orient researchers within a site. This can help experts understand past technology, for example, by revealing which tools made which waste by-products.