Archaeologist is a scientist who based on the material culture (objects and their fragments, building bases preserved in the soil, graves, etc.) reconstructs the stories from the past. He or she gathers information, literally, a fragment by fragment – potsherds, broken glass, a variety of tools, clothing and other bits – and as a result, puts them together to create a picture, which tells the story of one monument or of a whole group of antiquities. This in turn gives us a view of the people of the past, their cultures and societies.

On 21st and 22nd of July 2012 during the Tartu Hanseatic Days archaeologists presented their work to the public in the form of a game. The visitor had to put the fragments (puzzle pieces) together to make sense of a picture of an archaeological site (hill fort-village). Archeology game gave an overview of the archaeological outdoor and indoor works, different types of finds, and also research and conclusions that derive from it. At the end of the game the players had gain an understanding of archaeologist work and idea of how the little fragments of information construct a picture of the past and how the story of the past is told.