“And I guarantee you that we can indeed observe the past.”
Incorrect statement. Archaeologists can observe the fossil record of plants and animals that lived in the past.
Incorrect statement. Archaeologists can observe the fossil record of plants and animals that lived in the past.
Archaeologists deal with past cultures. Paleontologists and other scientists deal with fossils.
Now that you know what an archaeologist is, care to tell me again what it is we do?