Palaeoarchaeology is like time-traveling to the past to learn about how people lived a long time ago. Imagine you are playing with your toys and you accidentally find some really cool things buried underground. Now, if you want to know more about those things, you could go back in time and ask the people who buried them. But since time travel is not possible, palaeoarchaeology helps us to learn about those things by studying the clues left behind, like bones, rocks, and tools.
Archaeologists, who are like detectives, go to different places where these clues are hidden underground, like caves and old settlements, to see what they can find. They use special tools like brushes, shovels, and even tiny spoons to carefully uncover the clues without breaking them. Once they find something interesting, they take it back to their lab to study it even more, just like how you might take a toy you found outside to play with back home.
By studying these clues, palaeoarchaeologists can tell us what the people who lived a long time ago ate, how they hunted, how they made things like tools and jewelry, and even what kind of houses they lived in. Isn't that cool? Palaeoarchaeology helps us learn about our past and how we got to where we are today.