Archaeology is the science that studies human cultures through the recovery, analysis, and interpretation of material remains.  In North America, archaeology is one of the subdisciplines of the field of Anthropology.  Archaeologists study a wide range of materials including fossil hominids that help us examine the human evolutionary line, the places where people lived in the past, artifacts such as pottery, stone tools and food remains, and environmental data to help us understand why people live where they do and how humans impact the environment.  VMNH holds a variety of Native American artifacts from the eastern United States, prehistoric material from Saltville, Virginia, and historic material from Martinsville.

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