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Archaeology
The scientific study of physical remains, whether monuments, artifacts or relics of past human life, cultures or activities.
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culture
Archaeology; General archaeology
A system of shared, learned, symbolic human behavior for adaptation to our natural and social environment. Culture may be thought of as a system composed of interrelated parts or ...
excavation
Archaeology; General archaeology
Intrusive fieldwork with a clear purpose, which examines and records archaeological deposits, features and structures and recovers artefacts, ecofacts and other remains within a ...
features
Archaeology; General archaeology
Non-portable evidence of past human behavior, activity, and technology, found on or in the ground. Prehistoric features commonly include fire pits and hearths, burned earth and ...
mitigation
Archaeology; General archaeology
The large-scale recovery, by excavation, of enough archaeological information from a site so that the entire range of materials present and information on past activities and ...
provenience
Archaeology; General archaeology
The horizontal and vertical location of an artifact at a site.
site
Archaeology; General archaeology
The presence or occurrence of one or more artifacts or features indicates an archaeological site. An archaeological site is an instance of past human behavior or activity, where ...
stratigraphy
Archaeology; General archaeology
Horizons, strata, or layers of soil deposited at a location, where the deepest strata were deposited the earliest, and the more recent layers deposited higher in the stratigraphic ...
Sub-categories
- Archaeobotany (69)
- Archaeology tools (308)
- Artifacts (109)
- Dig sites (82)
- Evolution (16298)
- General archaeology (5791)
- Human evolution (26719)
- Palaeoethnobotany (26)
- Zooarchaeology (28)