Archaeologists study the human past--the recent past as well as the remote past--through material remains.
Many disciplines contribute to archaeological research. Here at Davidson, faculty in the concentration come from the departments of anthropology, chemistry, classics, and environmental studies.
They study human biology and ecology, chemistry of art and artifacts, ancient health and foodways, geology and political organization, ritual and religion, production and exchange, art and ideology.
Archaeology has its own history, its own changing methodologies, and its own ethical issues, including who owns the archaeological record and who should interpret it.
