8So why do we study human bones and artifacts? Archaeologists are trying to learn about past culture and behavior. Culture is any behavior or tradition shared with others. Every group of people has culture. The United States has culture—our holiday traditions to how we learn to talk—these are part of our culture. There are even subcultures or a culture within a culture. Children are a subculture. They do things different than adults and have their own way of communicating and doing things.