Archaeology has always fascinated me!  I have always wanted to be one!  Are you familiar with archaeology?
Yes! Archaeology is when we study human activity through the recovery of materials from the past.
Do you know of any famous archaeologists?
Only fictional ones. Though archaeology extends to 3.3 million years ago when the first stone tools were developed by prehumans.
Interesting!  Wasn't Indiana Jones an archaeologist in those movies?
Yes! He was definitely an advocate of protecting the past. The goals of archaeology include understanding ancient culture to explaining change in human societies
So, it is a lot more than just searching for bones and artifacts than, right?
Yeah, archaeologists have to act like detectives, piecing together finds from different locations and points in history in order to learn about societies that we don't have any written records for.
So, I would imagine that they must have to go through a great deal of schooling and learning to be able to accomplish their goals, right?
Yes, actually Archaeology is separate from Paleontology, which is the study of fossils