[Coyoteman]

“And I guarantee you that we can indeed observe the past.”

Incorrect statement. Archaeologists can observe the fossil record of plants and animals that lived in the past.

Archaeologists deal with past cultures. Paleontologists and other scientists deal with fossils.

Now that you know what an archaeologist is, care to tell me again what it is we do?

[presently no screen name]

Now that you know what an archaeologist is, care to tell me again what it is we do?

You use the tools of God and deny His very existence. You dig in His earth, eat His fruit/herbs/vegatables/meat/fish/grain He provided, you breathe His air, you expect his law of gravity to keep you grounded, and you marvel at 'your findings' - yet deny The Creator of it all.

[ffusco]

Observe the fossil record and posit theories about how these organizms lived and died,their diet, environment, social structure, culture.