Archaeology

Archaeology is the scientific study of human history and prehistory through the excavation and analysis of artifacts, structures, and other physical remains. This category delves into the history of human civilizations, ancient cultures, and the evolution of societies. Explore the techniques used to uncover the past, the discoveries that have changed our understanding of history, and the ongoing efforts to preserve our shared cultural heritage.

Absolute Dating

Shaantanu Shende

Absolute dating is the technique by which researchers calculate the exact age of any specimen using a wide range of scientific principles and phenomena. Since archaeological material is found in geological contexts like mounds, valleys, exposed sections of river etc. both fields utilise absolute dating during research.

Cultural Resource Management

Drishti Kalra

Fundamentally, cultural resource management is a process that gives attention to the protection and management of the many but sparsely distributed components of cultural heritage in a modern world with a growing population and changing needs.

Prehistoric Archaeology

Drishti Kalra

Prehistoric archaeology employs this technique to examine prehistory, the preliterate period of the human race's history. More than 99 percent of human history may be discovered using ancient archaeology or prehistory as a subject of study.

Urban Archaeology

Drishti Kalra

Urban archaeology is a discipline of archaeology that focuses on the material history of towns and cities, where protracted human occupation has frequently left

Environmental Archaeology

Drishti Kalra

Environmental archaeology is a discipline of archaeology that was originally researched in the 1970s. It is the study of how past civilizations interacted with their environments.

Archaeological Ethics

Drishti Kalra

The ethical questions brought up by studying the physical past are called "archaeological ethics." It is a subset of archaeology's philosophy. The preservation of human remains, laws preserving human remains and cultural artifacts, worldwide issues, and preservation and ethnoarchaeology will all be explored in this article.

Taphonomy

Drishti Kalra

The science of taphonomy explores the ways in which organic residues migrate from the biosphere to the lithosphere. This comprises actions that take place after an organism dies (or loses its components), including decomposition, burial, and preservation as mineralized fossils…

Archaeology

Anthroholic

Archaeology is like a time machine! It's a way for us to learn about people who lived a long, long time ago. People who lived thousands, even millions of years ago didn't leave behind written records or videos for us to learn from.

Ethnoarchaeology

Drishti Kalra

Ethnoarchaeology is the study of people from an anthropological viewpoint for archaeological reasons, frequently via investigating the physical vestiges of a civilization

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