Archaeologists use four main types of evidence:
Environmental evidence allows us to reconstruct the landscape and climate of the past. Material evidence consists of artefacts made by people such as pottery, buildings and coins. From documentary evidence such as palace records, tomb inscriptions, legal texts we can get an insight into other aspects of the past. And finally, people who currently live in a particular landscape can give us valuable oral information.
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