Archealogy
Archaeology
Archaeology is the study of the ancient and recent human past through material remains. Archaeology offers a unique perspective on human history and culture that has contributed greatly to our understanding of both the ancient and the recent past. Archaeologists study past cultures by examining artifacts, objects made, used, or changed by humans. It is considered as an Independent discipline in Europe and many other countries across the globe including India. However in USA, it is studied a subfield of anthropology, the study of all human culture. Archaeology analyzes the physical remains of the past in pursuit of a broad and comprehensive understanding of human culture. Archaeology is the only field of study that covers all times periods and all geographic regions inhabited by humans. Archaeology helps us understand not only where and when people lived on the earth, but also why and how they have lived, examining the changes and causes of changes that have occurred in human cultures over time. . Unlike history, which relies primarily upon written records and documents to interpret great lives and events, archaeology allows us to delve far back into the time before written languages existed and to glimpse the lives of everyday people through analysis of things they made and left behind. Archaeologists study the archaeological record through field surveys and excavations and through the laboratory study of collected materials. They refer to the vast store of information about the human past as the archaeological record. The archeological record encompasses every area of the world that has ever been occupied by humans, as well as all of the material remains contained in those areas.
Origin/history
Archaeology or archeology is derived from the Greek word ‘archaiologia’ . Archaeology is the combination of two words 'archaios' and 'logos'. The former means ancient things and later means theory of science. In general it means the study of human
Archaeology is the study of the ancient and recent human past through material remains. Archaeology offers a unique perspective on human history and culture that has contributed greatly to our understanding of both the ancient and the recent past. Archaeologists study past cultures by examining artifacts, objects made, used, or changed by humans. It is considered as an Independent discipline in Europe and many other countries across the globe including India. However in USA, it is studied a subfield of anthropology, the study of all human culture. Archaeology analyzes the physical remains of the past in pursuit of a broad and comprehensive understanding of human culture. Archaeology is the only field of study that covers all times periods and all geographic regions inhabited by humans. Archaeology helps us understand not only where and when people lived on the earth, but also why and how they have lived, examining the changes and causes of changes that have occurred in human cultures over time. . Unlike history, which relies primarily upon written records and documents to interpret great lives and events, archaeology allows us to delve far back into the time before written languages existed and to glimpse the lives of everyday people through analysis of things they made and left behind. Archaeologists study the archaeological record through field surveys and excavations and through the laboratory study of collected materials. They refer to the vast store of information about the human past as the archaeological record. The archeological record encompasses every area of the world that has ever been occupied by humans, as well as all of the material remains contained in those areas.
Origin/history
Archaeology or archeology is derived from the Greek word ‘archaiologia’ . Archaeology is the combination of two words 'archaios' and 'logos'. The former means ancient things and later means theory of science. In general it means the study of human