- Outline of archaeology
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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.
Essence of archaeology
Main article: Archaeology- Archaeological record
- Archaeological science
- Archaeological site
- Archaeological theory
- Artifacts
- Biofacts
- Excavation
Branches of archaeology
Archaeological practice
Main article: Archaeological practiceArchaeological science
Main article: Archaeological science- Archaeometry - Dendrochronology - Isotope analysis - Palynology - Radiocarbon dating - Zooarchaeology - Geoarchaeology - Bioarchaeology - Archaeogenetics - Computational archaeology
Archaeological subdisciplines
By location
- African archaeology - Archaeology of the Americas - Australian archaeology - European archaeology - Russian archaeology
By time period
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
Main article: History of archaeologyArchaeological methods
Main article: Archaeological methods- Archaeological excavation - Archaeological field survey - Archaeological geophysics - Underwater archaeology
Archaeological theory
Main article: Archaeological theory- Great ages archaeology - Functionalism - Processualism / "New Archaeology" - Post-processualism - Cognitive archaeology - Gender archaeology - Feminist archaeology - History of archaeology
Archaeology by Period
- Main article: 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
Main article: Archaeological siteArchaeological site features
- Main article: Feature
Archaeological artifacts
- Main article: Artifact
- 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 - 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
Main article: List of archaeologistsArchaeology lists
Main article: List of archaeology topics- 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
See also
- Graduate Programs in Archaeology
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