What do anthropological archaeologists study?
Are you talking purpose or prep? The purpose of the anthropological archaeologist is to study leftover rubble (detritus, artifacts) and figure out how people lived in the past. The past might not be to far past. I have seen archaeologists in Mount Vernon (the home of America’s first president, George Washington) digging up an old outhouse and studying the stuff that had been thrown down there, such as broken teacups and worn out combs) to understand more about the life on that plantation long ago. For example, did only slaves use that outhouse? Did the family of Washington use it but was it sometimes used secretly by slaves? Where did the broken dishes and the used comb come from. China via London? France? While visiting Hoi An in central Vietnam I came across a Museum of International Ceramics Trade. About 150-350 years ago Hoi An was a big center in international trade. Dishes from Japan and China were coming west and dishes from Thailand were going east. Chinese silk being traded fo
