Dear Historians,

Humans use whatever we can find to make meaning of the world. And we don’t just try to make meaning of our world right now; we also look into the past to figure out what the world used to be like.

And that’s where it can get tricky. Not all cultures left behind words for us to read. Instead, archaeologists have looked at tools, especially projectile points.  And in looking at these artifacts, historians have almost turned them into a type of language. The tools tell us when people came to a place, what they ate, how they hunted, how they lived, and maybe even what they believed.

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck