Outline of archaeology
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to archaeology:
Archaeology – study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation, and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes.
What type of thing is archeology?[]
Archeology can be described as all of the following:
Essence of archaeology[]
- Archaeological record
- Archaeological science
- Archaeological site
- Archaeological theory
- Artifacts
- Biofacts
- Excavation
Branches of archaeology[]
Archaeological practice[]
- Cultural Resources Management
- Archaeological ethics
- Urban archaeology
Archaeological science[]
- Archaeometry
- Dendrochronology
- Isotope analysis
- Palynology
- Radiocarbon dating
- Zooarchaeology
- Geoarchaeology
- Bioarchaeology
- Archaeogenetics
- Computational archaeology
Archaeological subdisciplines[]
- Ethnoarchaeology
- Taphonomy
By location[]
- African archaeology
- Australian archaeology
- European archaeology
- Russian archaeology
- Archaeology of the Americas
- Archaeology of China
- Archaeology of Israel
By time period[]
- Industrial archaeology
- Near Eastern archaeology
- Biblical archaeology
- Medieval archaeology
- Historical archaeology
Specialities[]
- Aerial archaeology
- Archaeoastronomy
- Archaeological science
- Archaeozoology
- Archaeobotany or paleoethnobotany
- Battlefield archaeology
- Computational archaeology
- Experimental archaeology
- Environmental archaeology
- Forensic archaeology
- Landscape archaeology
- Maritime archaeology
- Museum studies
- Palaeoarchaeology
- Paleopathology
History of archaeology[]
- List of years in archaeology
Archaeological methods[]
- Archaeological excavation
- Archaeological field survey
- Archaeological geophysics
- Underwater archaeology
Archaeological theory[]
- Great ages archaeology
- Functionalism
- Processualism / "New Archaeology"
- Post-processualism
- Cognitive archaeology
- Gender archaeology
- Feminist archaeology
- History of archaeology
Archaeology by Period[]
List of archaeological periods
- Lower Palaeolithic
- Middle Palaeolithic
- Upper Palaeolithic
- Mesolithic
- Neolithic
- Chalcolithic
- Bronze Age
- Iron Age
- Romans
- Anglo-Saxons
- Pre-Columbian
- Medieval
- Industrial
Archaeological sites[]
- Feature
- Cairn
- Megalithic tomb
- Pyramid
- Sepulchre
- Tomb
- Votive site
Archaeological site features[]
Archaeological artifacts[]
- Assemblage
- Grave goods
- Hoard
- Manuport
- Sarcophagus
- Small finds
- Stone tool
- Votive deposit
Other archaeology concepts[]
- Alignment
- Archaeological association
- Archaeological context
- Archaeological culture
- Archaeological field survey
- Archaeological horizon
- Archaeological natural
- Archaeological phase
- Archaeological plan
- Archaeological record
- Archaeological sequence
- Biofact
- Collecting
- Colluvium
- Cropmarks
- Cultural resources management
- Cut
- Dark earth
- Dating methodology
- Dendrochronology
- Deposit model
- Ecofact
- Excavation
- Fill
- Fossil
- Geologic time scale
- Geomatics
- Grave robbing
- Ground-penetrating radar
- Harris matrix
- Law of superposition
- Lithic analysis
- Post excavation
- Projectile point
- Radiocarbon dating
- Relationship
- Seriation
- Stratification
Influential archaeologists[]
Archaeology lists[]
- List of archaeological periods
- List of archaeologists
- List of Russian archaeologists
- List of designations under the Protection of Wrecks Act
- List of famous archaeological sites
- List of archaeological sites sorted by continent and age
- List of archaeological sites sorted by country
- List of Palaeolithic sites in China
- List of prominent paleoethnobotanists
- List of years in archaeology
External links[]
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- Archaeology-related lists
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