Archaeology

Archaeology

The study of past human societies, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material artefacts and constructions that they have left behind.

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archaeology

Anthropology; Archaeology

Archaeology is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, ...

An extinct species of the genus Homo which is closely related to modern humans that lived in Europe and Western Asia about 150,000 to 30,000 years ago. Based on fossil and archeological records, they ...

archaeology

Anthropology; Archaeology

Archaeology is the study of human activity in the past, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes ...

Soya village

Anthropology; Archaeology

Soya village, located on the mountains about 4 km from Ambon city, was once the central spot of the oldest independent kingdom in Ambon Island, up to the arrival of Portuguese and Dutch occupiers. It ...

Popol Vuh

Anthropology; Archaeology

"Book of the People". Also "Book of Advice". The Maya Cosmovision is described in full detail in this book. It describes how, after three failed attempts, the gods created mankind from Maize. the ...

Cabrakan

Anthropology; Archaeology

Also written as Cabracan, Cabracán Popol Vuh. Maya Quiche book. A god of mountains and earthquakes. He was a son of Vucub Caquix and Chimalmat. Cabrakan like to shake the mountains and was boastful ...

hieroglyphics

Anthropology; Archaeology

Writing consisting of hieroglyphs. Also, hi·er·o·glyph·i·cal. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of ancient civilizations. Many the symbols are conventionalized, ...