Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts...

Biblical archaeology is an academic school and a subset of Biblical studies and Levantine archaeology. Biblical archaeology studies archaeological sites...

The decade of the 1770s in archaeology involved some significant events. 1773: Don Ramon de Ordoñez y Aguilar examines the ruins of Palenque and sends...

An archaeology museum is a museum that specializes in the display of archaeological artifacts. Many archaeology museum are in the open air, such as the...

archaeology, sometimes called commercial archaeology, preventive archaeology, salvage archaeology, contract archaeology, developer-funded archaeology...

The decade of the 1710s in archaeology involved some significant events. Formal excavations continue at Pompeii. 1710: A few remains of the Temple of...

In archaeology, excavation is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains. An excavation site or "dig" is the area being studied...

This page is a glossary of archaeology, the study of the human past from material remains. Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y...

An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary)...

The decade of the 1720s in archaeology involved some significant events. 1722: Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen arrives at Easter Island. Formal excavations...