How do they match: Anthropologists and Archeologists

  • Collect artifacts made of stone, bone, metal, and other materials, placing them in bags and marking them to show where they were found.
  • Collect information and make judgments through observation, interviews, and review of documents.
  • Compare findings from one site with archeological data from other sites to find similarities or differences.
  • Create data records for use in describing and analyzing social patterns and processes, using photography, videography, and audio recordings.
  • Study archival collections of primary historical sources to help explain the origins and development of cultural patterns.
  • Study objects and structures recovered by excavation to identify, date, and authenticate them and to interpret their significance.

  • Collect archival data.
  • Collect biological specimens.
  • Collect information from people through observation, interviews, or surveys.
  • Record research or operational data.