Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish • 10 months ago

Road to ruins: how I discovered the magic of archaeology

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Road to ruins: how I discovered the magic of archaeology

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Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish • 10 months ago

With millennia of history hidden beneath our feet, connecting with the ancient past offers endless fascination, and many ways to get involved

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Great timing, thanks for posting. I’m beginning my own journey with a Bachelor of Archaeology today with equal parts excitement and apprehension.

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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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