archaeology is the scientific examination of material remains from humans in the past. People who were trying to excavate sites would divide it up and use trowels and picks and brushes and try to uncover things from past generations that will help them to find out more things about it. For instance if they were to happen upon a pot or a statue of some sort they would be able to examine it and tell maybe what kind of Gods they worshipped. They could also determine what materials they used for there artwork and for their carvings and such things. If they find things made of materials that are not native to the area than they can assume that there is trade going on with other cities or cultures. If they find some thing in their town that is made of native materials and is similar to something in another town then they can determine that this item is a tradable item. Also they can use the layers of dirt that are found over the civilizations to try and do a type of “carbon dating” of sorts. They use the stratographs to see which civilizations came first and how communities in this are evolved into whatever is currently there or not there.
Originally most archeologist were better known as treasure hunters. They were only really concerned with finding valuable items in the places that they were supposed to be finding important scientific data it. In the Movie Indiana Jones, the main character( Indiana Jones) is really based on a real life “archeologist”. He like most archeologist in his time was just after the riches that he could acquire in all of his explorations. This is the way that things were until sir Flinders Petrie got involved with eh process and help to create what we refer as modern day architecture. Which is a lot more of a science than just a quest for riches, it is now a quest for riches of culture and the mind. Sir William Albright used his knowledge of Semitic languages and combined it with the budding field of archeology and helped to create a typology of ceramic forms that was seminal for many years. This helped people t try and identify different types of ceramic forms when the find them on archeological digs. In the 1950’s Ms. Dame Kathleen Kenyon developed a new way of excavating that was really new and revolutionized the area of archeology. Instead of digging over a very wide area horizontally she decided to dig narrow trenches and invented what is now known as the vertical srtatograph.
Modern day archeology relates to the Bible because it helps in the search for proof of the accuracy of the things that were written in the Bible. There are many places and structures that if they were found and proven to be the actual structures mentioned in the Bible it can rally be a boost to many people who are trying to prove the accuracy of the scriptures and spread the faith as far as possible. I would really like to participate an archeological dig in order to really observe how carefully the process has to be don and how delicately things are done on these digs in order to not damage the ancient artifacts. It will help me to really appreciate all the work and careful consideration that goes into finding all those nice things that end up in museums all over the world. It would be an experience that I feel would make me a much better person.

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