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![2 Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Article Talk Read Edit View history Search Wikipedia WIKIPEDIA The Free Encyclopedia Archaeology From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Main page For other uses, see Archaeology (disambiguation). Contents "Archaeologist" and "Archeologist" redirect here. For the magazine, see The Archaeologist. For the silent film, see The Archeologist. Featured content Archaeology, or archeology,[1] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts and cultural landscapes. Archaeology can be considered both a social science and a branch of the humanities. 213] In Europe it is often viewed as either a discipline in its own right or a sub-field of other disciplines, while in North Current events Anthropology Random article Outline · History Donate to Wikipedia America archaeology is a sub-field of anthropology.14 Types [hide] Wikipedia store Archaeologists study human prehistory and history, from the development of the first stone tools at Lomekwi in East Africa 3.3 million years ago up until recent decades 5) Archaeology is distinct from palaeontology, which is Archaeological · Biological · Cultural · Linguistic · Social Interaction the study of fossil remains. It is particularly important for learning about prehistoric societies, for whom there may be no written records to study. Prehistory includes over 99% of the human past, from the Paleolithic until the Help advent of literacy in societies across the world.21 Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies Archaeological [show] About Wikipedia through time (6] Biological [show] Community portal The discipline involves surveying, excavation and eventually analysis of data collected to learn more about the past. In broad scope, archaeology relies on cross-disciplinary research. It draws upon anthropology, history, Social - Cultural [show] Recent changes art history, classics, ethnology, geography, geology, literary history, linguistics, semiology, sociology, textual criticism, physics, information sciences, chemistry, statistics, paleoecology, paleography, paleontology, Linguistic [show] Contact page paleozoology, and paleobotany.lcitation needed] Research framework [show] Tools Archaeology developed out of antiquarianism in Europe during the 19th century, and has since become a discipline practiced across the world. Archaeology has been used by nation-states to create particular visions of the Key concepts [show] What links here past." Since its early development, various specific sub-disciplines of archaeology have developed, including maritime archaeology, feminist archaeology and archaeoastronomy, and numerous different scientific techniques have been developed to aid archaeological investigation. Nonetheless, today, archaeologists face many problems, such as dealing with pseudoarchaeology, the looting of artifacts,8] a lack of public interest, and Key theories [show] Related changes Upload file Lists [show] opposition to the excavation of human remains. Special pages V•T·E Permanent link Contents [hide] Page information 1 History Wikidata item Cite this page 1.1 Antiquarians 1.2 First excavations In other projects 1.3 Development of archaeological method Wikimedia Commons 2 Purpose Wikibooks 2.1 Theory Wikinews 3 Methods Wikiguote 3.1 Remote sensing Print/export 3.2 Field survey Download as PDF 3.3 Excavation](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/781/025/e77.png "lmao they've invented real life version of archeology, in anticipation of its release in runescape | /r/Runescape/")
