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History of 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 artifacts, architecture, biofacts (also known as eco-facts) and cultural landscapes (the archaeological record).
North American archaeological periods divides the history of pre-Columbian North America into a number of named successive eras or periods, from the earliest-known human habitation through to the early Colonial period which followed the European colonization of the Americas.
Classic period (1350 – 1800; 1650 – 1800 in eastern South Island) Oceania Oceania: Europe Northern Europe Northern Europe: Nordic Stone Age. Nordic Bronze Age (c. 1700 BCE - c. 500 BCE) Pre-Roman Iron Age (c. 500 BCE - c. 1 BCE) Roman Iron Age in northern Europe (c. 1 CE – 400 CE) Germanic Iron Age (c. 400 – 800 CE) Viking Age (c. 800 ...
Category: 1800s archaeological discoveries. 1 language. ... This category is for archaeological discoveries in the decade 1800s, i.e. in the years 1800 to 1809.
1928 archaeological discoveries (24 P) 1929 archaeological discoveries (1 C, 11 P) 1930 archaeological discoveries (17 P) 1931 archaeological discoveries (11 P) 1932 archaeological discoveries (10 P) (previous page) (next page) Categories: Archaeological discoveries. Archaeology by year.
The archaeology of Ancient Egypt is the study of the archaeology of Egypt, stretching from prehistory through three millennia of documented history. Egyptian archaeology is one of the branches of Egyptology. Napoleon 's invasion of Egypt in 1798 led to the Western passion for Egyptian antiquities. In the modern era, the Ministry of State for ...
The concept of dividing pre-historical ages into systems based on metals extends far back in European history, probably originated by Lucretius in the first century BC. But the present archaeological system of the three main ages – stone, bronze and iron – originates with the 19th century Danish archaeologist Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, who placed the system on a more scientific basis by ...
Excavations at the Late Archaic Edgewater Park Site in Coralville. The archaeology of Iowa is the study of the buried remains of human culture within the U.S. state of Iowa from the earliest prehistoric through the late historic periods. When the American Indians first arrived in what is now Iowa more than 13,000 years ago, they were hunters ...