Archeology in Color

At the Midwest Archeological Center, archeologists travel to National Park sites across the country and work to discover, document, and preserve the past. These pages illustrate some of the most common activities archeologists do – like mapping artifacts or other evidence we find of people in the past, discovering sites with remote sensing technology, and excavating sites.

Archeology (or archaeology): the scientific study of past people through their sites and artifacts

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  EXCAVATION

  EXCAVATION: the careful digging and recording of archeological sites (places where human activity occurred in the past)

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  MAPPING

  MAPPING: recording the location of archeological finds (with GPS in this example).

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  SCREENING

  SCREENING: the separation of soils from other material (like small artifacts)