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Artifacts are important to Historians (and Archaeologists) because they are actual evidence of past human activity.

However fossils are NOT important to historians as they are too old, they ARE important to Geologists.

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Well they don't really help us understand our past, they prove that dinosaurs and other living things were alive!

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Why are artifacts so important to historans?

Artifacts help historians gain information about the past. Historians study artifacts to learn about past civilizations, how they lived, what they ate, what they wore, and more.


What sources historians use to study the past?

Fossils, Artifacts, or they search in libraries for history books or old books about the past.


What sources do historians use to study the past?

Fossils, Artifacts, or they search in libraries for history books or old books about the past.


What kind of thing do historians try to discover about people who lived in the past?

Historians try to discover fossils and artifacts


Why are pompeiis buildings and artifacts so important to historians?

Because historians want to know what happened so they can learn all about it :)


Why are the buildings and artifacts so important to historians?

it is very important to historians because it is a part of history and you can find new things every time you look by lo


Are fossils artifacts?

no, artifacts are old items of a human culture


Who studies fossils and artifacts?

Archeologists


What do archaeologist learn about early modern humans by studying their fossils and artifacts?

Artifacts and fossils teach us about the past by giving us a perspective about ancient cultures. Scientists studying artifacts and fossils do so to give the world a better understanding of cultures. The more artifacts and fossils discovered, the more lost puzzle pieces are found


How do scientists date fossils and artifacts?

Dating fossils and artifacts are easy. Scientist can look and tell how old the fossils by how many layers is under it.


How do historians learn about prehistory?

By finding artifacts


What clues to the past are studied in archaeology?

artifacts and fossils