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The most important kinds of evidence that archeologists analyze are artifacts , features and ecofacts. Artifacts are things that people make, use, collect or change, such as tools, pieces of pottery, discarded animal or plant remains. Features are places where human activity has occurred, such as houses, burial places, trash mounds, irrigation canals, or piles of broken shell left by a shell worker. Ecofacts are natural objects found with artifacts or features, such as seeds, pollen, or animal bones. Artifacts, features and ecofacts are studied in context, or the exact position and location in which they are found. As long as an archeological site has not been disturbed or vandalized, the artifacts in the lowest layers should be older than those above, and artifacts found together probably were used together and are about the same age. The study of the layering of objects is called stratigraphy. See the related link below.

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