The science which enables us to dig the old mounds in a systematic manner in successive layers, and to form an idea of the material life of the past people and events is called Archaeology. The methods of archaeology help us to recover the material remains of the past period of our history; this period can be an ancient, medieval or modern. And it is important to understand here that people lived in past left innumerable material remains, for example stone temples in South India are still stand to tell their story, similarly brick monasteries in Eastern India remind us about the great building activities of past period.
The material remains includes all kinds of archaeological evidences, it is a general term like monuments, ruined cities, coins, pottery, inscriptions, terracotta, artefacts, etc.
As we study in earlier article that historical sources are classified into two broader category:
2. Literary Sources
Archaeology Sources are innumerable in size and so need a classification for better understanding. Archaeological sources are classified into four broader sub-categories, which are as follows:
3. Monuments
Next Articles:
3. Monuments
Also see:
3. Literary Sources
5. Archaeology Dating Methods
