Home > Industry/Domain > Archaeology
Archaeology
The scientific study of physical remains, whether monuments, artifacts or relics of past human life, cultures or activities.
9Categories 49431Terms
Add a new termContributors in Archaeology
Archaeology > General archaeology 
cultural resource management (CRM)
Archaeology; General archaeology
The safeguarding of the archaeological heritage through the protection of sites and through salvage archaeology (rescue archaeology), generally within the framework of legislation ...
profile
Archaeology; General archaeology
A section, or exposure of the ground, showing depositional or developmental strata or horizons.
topographic map
Archaeology; General archaeology
A map which accurately depicts the physical features and relief of an area.
calendrical system
Archaeology; General archaeology
A system of measuring time that is based on natural recurring units of time, such as revolutions of the earth around the sun. Time is determined by the number of such units that ...
magnetometer
Archaeology; General archaeology
An electronic device for detecting small anomalies in the earth's magnetic field. Can be used to explore certain subsurface characteristics of an archaeological site prior to ...
Sub-categories
- Archaeobotany (69)
- Archaeology tools (308)
- Artifacts (109)
- Dig sites (82)
- Evolution (16298)
- General archaeology (5791)
- Human evolution (26719)
- Palaeoethnobotany (26)
- Zooarchaeology (28)