Excerpt from Archeological and Historical Data Recovery Program, 1979 Archeology is the scientific study of man's past through an examination of the physical remains of his activities. In North America, man's past extends back thousands of years, and for much of this time span buried physical remains are the only evidence left to tell us about daily life, relationships to the environment and to other groups, and many other aspects that have bearing on our life today. Even for more recent historic periods for which written documents are available, archeology offers a candid supplemental or alternative view of daily life. Archeology utilizes a variety of theories and scientific techniques to help us understand mankind by reconstructing patterns of past human behavior. It is unique among the social sciences in its ability to provide insight into change over a long span of time, thus helping us understand processes as well as events. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.