What are the differences between history and archeaology?

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Answer 1

For there to be "history" as historians use it there needs to be a couple of things.  

PEOPLE, INTERACTING with other people, in a SETTING.  Within this setting there are going to be a set of rules or common procedures with how one conducts one's self.  Also, there needs to be a rather concrete way of placing this interaction within a timeline.

For example:

PEOPLE could be Egyptians, Hopi Indians, Americans, Parisians (people from Paris) Royalty, or slaves.

INTERACTIONS could be war, trading goods, building monuments, religious activities, festivals/holidays, or the everyday/mundane things of commoners.

SETTINGS require the presences of some sort of organized civilization with a common language, and tradition.  It could be a tribe, city, country, alliance or even a religion.

If not all of these are present then archeaology takes over.  Archeaology would deal with the ancient remains of of a human or pre-human, a site of questionable origin, or a tool of unknown purpose or origin.  They don't deal too much in the interactions of these people or the civilization in which they were a part of.  In fact, a lot of archeaology deals with humans (and pre-humans) before we organized ourselves into social groups.  Also, archeaology, becuase it deals with thigs that are very old and very unknown have to use dating methods that are not exact enough for "history."  In history, a give or take of a 1/2 a lifetime is a lot.  In Archeaology, a give or take of 1/2 a millenium is no big deal.

I just got my degree in history and let me tell you that for the most part, Archaeologists go out to strange places and dig in the dirt and do the back-breaking stuff.  They tell the world of their finding, and then Historians take that info and tell the world what it means -- if anything.

Answer 2

ARCHAELOGY= is the science that studies human cultures through the recovery, documentation, analysis and interpretation of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, features, biofacts, and landscapes. Because archaeology's aim is to understand mankind, it is a humanistic endeavor.                                                                                         HISTORY=History is the study of the past, focused on human activity and leading up to the present day. More exactly, history is the field of research producing a continuous narrative and a systematic analysis of past events of importance to the human race, including the study of events over time and their relation to humanity.Those who study history as a profession are called historians.

Answer 3

Well, they're both about the human past.

History is very old, as a subject. For the longest time, it was almost entirely about written records (what went before, "pre-history" -- what happened before people started writing -- just wasn't a subject of study).

Much more recently, people began looking at stuff in places left by people long ago -- which is how archeaology started.

Over time, archeaologists started looking at stuff left by people more recently (not just ancient and pre-history, but during times that also had written records).

Although archeaology is still all we have to find out about pre-historical times, people now use both looking at written stuff, AND looking at other stuff, to piece together events and information about how people lived in "historical" times.

For a long time, history was mostly about the Big Deal people (leaders, mostly). they were the folks who had stuff written about them.

But by combining reading, and analyzing stuff (and reading a greater variety of stuff -- not just history itself, but documents, newspapers, letters, diaries) we get more information about what life was like for Just Folks.