The subject-matter of Archaeology is threefold-the Oral, the Written and the Monumental.

Wherever man has left the stamp of mind on brute-matter whether we designate his work as structure, texture, or mixture, mechanical or chymical whether the result be a house, a ship, a garment, a piece of glass, or a metallic implement, these memorials of economy and invention will always be worthy of the attention of the Archaeologist.