Archeology Compliments

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Art, History, and Science all compliment Archeology, and affect each other in a way that makes them all one. The facial reconstruction that Art and, History, and Science help archeologists complete. I'm going to answer how these disciplines affect each other, to make my claim stand. They all work together to make a story of the past.

Artists and Archeologists compliment each other in a couple of ways. They help each other because art makes the bones come alive by using clay and molds to make an accurate face to show what the person looked like. The process is called facial reconstruction. Archeologists studies the bones and helps the artists with the minute details about the shape and size of the skeleton. Art and archeologists work together to paint a picture of the past.
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History and Archeology help each other because historians study historical documents and texts.
They study texts from the time period that the bones are from, and they try to connect someone's identity to the bones. Archeologists study artifacts and the bones of the person who died. They clean the bones off and study the details of the bones, the archeologists will try and find out as much as they can about the bones. Historians and Archeologists help each other because by studying artifacts, the bones, and documents of the past.

Science and Archeology compliment each other in few ways. Scientists and Archeologists help each other because scientists study the minute characteristics by using a tool called the digitizer. The digitizer is a stylus connected to an arm that will move in any direction. Archeologists study the bones for signs of death, (how the person died), they also clean the bones and look at the bones and collect details about them. Scientists and Archeologists make a computerized version of what the person looked like, opening up a new world for

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