Archaeology is the study of the material remains of humanity's past. Excavated materials, along with other historical objects and text records, form the primary source material on Ancient China. All the major dynasties, beginning with the Han dynasty kept historical records, documenting everything up until that time. These official histories were the primary source for Chinese history until a century ago.

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historical records, archaeology and the study of ancient china, archaeology, the study of the material remains of humanity's past, asian art museum, khan academy, archaeologists' methods used to locate sites and decipher finds, ancient china (3000 bc to ad 500)

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)