Archaeology is the study of cultures that lived in the past. It is a subfield of anthropology, the study of human cultures. ... Archaeologists look for patterns in the artifacts they study that give them clues about how the people who made and used them lived.
The industrial and economic developments of the Industrial Revolution brought significant social changes. Industrialization resulted in an increase in population and the phenomenon of urbanization, as a growing number of people moved to urban centres in search of employment.
