Archeology is a chronicle of past cultures through the centuries and millennia. In some cases archeologists date the objects themselves; in others they date the context from which artifacts were recovered.

What do you call people who find artifacts?

archaeologist. Noun. person who studies artifacts and lifestyles of ancient cultures.

What are the 2 types of dates an artifact can have?

Archaeologists have access to various techniques for dating archaeological sites or the objects found on those sites. There are two main categories of dating methods in archaeology: indirect or relative dating and absolute dating.