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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

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. Read more...

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[–] doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Preserve.... Ah the Europeans are stealing culture again.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Occasions like this I am a bit more sympathetic to museums. They are preserving it and educating others while their home is vandalized and consumed with horrors. One day, I hope, they can be returned to be charished by their ancestors. Europeans could learn a thing or two from Indigenous American repatriation ceremonies, they are really beautiful and intimate.