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The trend of all knowledge at the present is to specialize, but archaeology has in it all the qualities that call for the wide view of the human race, of its growth from the savage to the civilized, which is seen in all stages of social and religious development.

It is important for all of us to appreciate where we come from and how that history has really shaped us in ways that we might not understand.

When you think about archaeology, archaeology is the only field that allows us to tell the story of 99 percent of our history prior to 3,000 B.C. and writing.

Analysis of soil, grave goods and skeletons has been key to our understanding of archaeology and the migration of peoples, as well as their daily lives. But in mainstream history, we tend to stick to documents.

Getting to know where we come from is a really profound way of getting to look at who we are.

To understand and reconnect with our stories, the stories of the ancestors, is to build our identities.

History provides a sense of where we've been and lessons that can be taken forward.

As scientists, we keep an open mind, but we have to base our ideas about the past on archaeological evidence.

The only way we'll know where we're going is to look at the past and to remember who we were through ceremonies and rituals.