Finding history in small things.
How even something as common as a button can tell a story
When I first started doing my studies of archaeology at the university, I was surprised to discover how much very small things can tell about a long extinct society. My own revelation came in the form of potsherds - broken pieces of pottery. Entire legions of archaeologists are devoted to the study of potsherds and even a small sampling of them can tell volumes about the time they came into existence, the people who created them and the society that those people lived in. Now, once again the small things are showing their importance to understanding our past.