Artifacts are products of a society, intentionally created by someone in that society. They can be ancient or recent, and at least 25 years old. Artifacts help create images of what a society thought was important and what its main trades or jobs were. Simple everyday things can communicate the most about the products of […]
Most of human history cannot be retrieved through writing, but through artifacts and fossils. Archaeologists use methods such as rock strata analysis, typology, and carbon-14 dating to determine an artifact’s age and history. Carbon-14 dating is a commonly used method that determines the amount of carbon-14 in an organism sample found near the artifact. The […]
During the construction of a McDonald’s restaurant near Rome, workers discovered an ancient Roman basalt road that was probably connected to the Via Appia. Instead of reburying it, McDonald’s offered 300,000 euros to help restore it. Visitors can now see the street and remains, including three ancient skeletons found nearby. The Via Appia was a […]
