What is the name of the science that studies the historical past from material sources?

The science that studies the history of mankind from material sources is called archeology. From the Greek “archeo” – ancient. “logos” is teaching. Archeology is of particular importance for the study of those eras when there was no writing at all. Archeology expands the spatial and temporal boundaries of history. The first mention of archeology was in Ancient Greece. The word “archeology” was first used by Plato in the meaning of “history of past times.”