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  2. Direct historical approach - Wikipedia

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    The direct historical approach to archaeology was a methodology developed in the United States of America during the 1920s-1930s by William Duncan Strong and others, which argued that knowledge relating to historical periods is extended back into earlier times. This methodology involves taking an archaeological site that has historical accounts ...

  3. 2022 in archaeology - Wikipedia

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    22 – Discovery of a large, well-preserved Roman mosaic, believed to date from A.D. 175–225 was announced by the researchers from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) in Southwark district in London. [18] [19] March. 1 – A 19th-century drontheim fishing vessel was uncovered by storms on the beach at Portrush in Northern Ireland. [20]

  4. Historical method - Wikipedia

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    Historical method is the collection of techniques and guidelines that historians use to research and write histories of the past. Secondary sources, primary sources and material evidence such as that derived from archaeology may all be drawn on, and the historian's skill lies in identifying these sources, evaluating their relative authority, and combining their testimony appropriately in order ...

  5. Archaeological tourism - Wikipedia

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    The Parthenon in Athens reached an annual visitorship of three million in 2022. [1] Ruins of an ancient Roman bathhouse in Beirut Central District Visitors inside Bekal Fort in Kerala, protected by the Archaeological Survey of India. The gardens inside the fort are made mainly for tourism.

  6. Robert Dunnell - Wikipedia

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    Robert Chester Dunnell (December 4, 1942 – December 13, 2010 [1]) was an archaeologist known for his contribution in archaeological systematics, [2] [3] measurement and explanation of the archaeological record, [4] [5] [6] evolutionary archaeology, [7] and the archaeology of eastern North America. [8] Dunnell received his PhD from Yale ...

  7. Archaeological theory - Wikipedia

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    Archaeological theory functions as the application of philosophy of science to archaeology, and is occasionally referred to as philosophy of archaeology. There is no one singular theory of archaeology, but many, with different archaeologists believing that information should be interpreted in different ways.

  8. Systematic survey - Wikipedia

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    Systematic survey or extensive survey is the archaeological technique of detailed examination of an area for the purpose of recording the location and significance of archaeological resources. [1] It provides a regional perspective by gathering information on settlement patterns over a large area.

  9. Lewis Binford - Wikipedia

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    He is widely considered among the most influential archaeologists of the later 20th century, and is credited with fundamentally changing the field with the introduction of processual archaeology (or the "New Archaeology") in the 1960s. [1] [2] Binford's influence was controversial, however, and most theoretical work in archaeology in the late ...