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    Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts...
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    An archaeology museum is a museum that specializes in the display of archaeological artifacts. Many archaeology museum are in the open air, such as the...
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    In archaeology, excavation is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains. An excavation site or "dig" is the area being studied...
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  • This page is a glossary of archaeology, the study of the human past from material remains. Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y...
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    Processual archaeology (formerly, the New Archaeology) is a form of archaeological theory. It had its beginnings in 1958 with the work of Gordon Willey...
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  • The decade of the 1770s in archaeology involved some significant events. 1773: Don Ramon de Ordoñez y Aguilar examines the ruins of Palenque and sends...
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    Biblical archaeology is an academic school and a subset of Biblical studies and Levantine archaeology. Biblical archaeology studies archaeological sites...
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    of archaeological interest. In archaeology, the word has become a term of particular nuance and is defined as an object recovered by archaeological endeavor...
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  • Archaeology is a bimonthly magazine for the general public, published by the Archaeological Institute of America. The institute also publishes the professional...
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    Stratigraphy is a key concept to modern archaeological theory and practice. Modern excavation techniques are based on stratigraphic principles. The concept...
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  • The Archaeology of Knowledge (L’archéologie du savoir, 1969) by Michel Foucault is a treatise about the methodology and historiography of the systems...
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  • Russian archaeology begins in the Russian Empire in the 1850s and becomes Soviet archaeology in the early 20th century. The journal Sovetskaya arkheologiya...
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    archaeology, sometimes called commercial archaeology, preventive archaeology, salvage archaeology, contract archaeology, developer-funded archaeology...
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  • The decade of the 1680s in archaeology involved some significant events. 1685: Dolmen at Borger, Netherlands, excavated by Titia Brongersma. 1685: Jacob...
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    In archaeology, earthworks are artificial changes in land level, typically made from piles of artificially placed or sculpted rocks and soil. Earthworks...
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    Underwater archaeology is archaeology practiced underwater. As with all other branches of archaeology, it evolved from its roots in pre-history and in...
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    Archaeology in India is mainly done under the supervision of the Archaeological Survey of India. 12th century Indian scholar Kalhana's writings involved...
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  • The decade of the 1640s in archaeology involved some significant events. 1649: John Aubrey describes the megaliths at Avebury, England. 1643: Athanasius...
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  • The decade of the 1600s in archaeology involved some significant events. c.1600: The Savile Map of Bath, England is drawn (discovered in 1977 by Anne...
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  • Look up archaeology or archeology in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Archaeology is the study of ancient cultures through examination of the artifacts...
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  • Computational archaeology Ethnoarchaeology Taphonomy African archaeology Australian archaeology European archaeology Russian archaeology Archaeology of the Americas...
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    Levantine archaeology is the archaeological study of the Levant. It is also known as Syro-Palestinian archaeology or Palestinian archaeology (particularly...
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  • The decade of the 1760s in archaeology involved some significant events. 1764: First systematic mapping of the Antonine Wall by William Roy. Formal excavations...
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  • The decade of the 1710s in archaeology involved some significant events. Formal excavations continue at Pompeii. 1710: A few remains of the Temple of...
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  • The decade of the 1720s in archaeology involved some significant events. 1722: Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen arrives at Easter Island. Formal excavations...
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  • The decade of the 1700s in archaeology involved some significant events. 1702: Heneage Finch excavates Julliberrie's Grave in Kent. 1704: The Carpentras...
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    Maritime archaeology (also known as marine archaeology) is a discipline within archaeology as a whole that specifically studies human interaction with...
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  • The decade of the 1670s in archaeology involved some significant events. 1673: December 11 - Gray's Inn Lane Hand Axe excavated in London and recognised...
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  • The decade of the 1620s in archaeology involved some significant events. 1621: Ludovisi Battle sarcophagus in Rome. 1627: Parian Chronicle in Paros. 1625:...
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  • Pseudoarchaeology—also known as alternative archaeology, fringe archaeology, fantastic archaeology, cult archaeology, and spooky archaeology—is the interpretation of the...
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