Check out this article in the World Atlas.  I hear this all the time when I mention fossil hunting… quite often they say something like “I love archeology” or “When did you get interested in archeology” or even “Where do archeologists find dinosaur bones?”  Hopefully, this will clear up the concepts, paleontologists study dinosaurs and most other fossils like trilobites.  It’s basically the study of ancient life before the Holocene.  Archeology is the study of human artifacts and remains, going back to about 3.3 million years ago.

Paleontology and archaeology are two closely related scientific fields of study. Despite having several similarities, they have different and distinct goals. A Paleontologist studies fossils while an archaeologist studies human artifacts and its remains.

The fossils studied by paleontologists and archeologists include bones, shells, body imprints, wood, and many others. The paleontologist studies these items to try to understand the forms of life that existed on Earth thousands or millions of years ago. An archaeologist studies the same items to try to understand human life and history.