ARCHAEOLOGY
Archaeology, sometimes spelt archeology, is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.
Archaeology, also spelt archeology, the scientific study of the material remains of past human life and activities.
The word comes from the Greek Archaia (“ancient things”) and logos (“theory” or “science”).(from Greek ἀρχαιολογία, archaiologia from ἀρχαῖος, arkhaios, "ancient" and -λογία, -logia, "-logy")
These include human artefacts from the very earliest stone tools to the man-made objects that are buried or thrown away in the present day: everything made by human beings—from simple tools to complex machines, from the earliest houses and temples and tombs to palaces, cathedrals, and pyramids.
Archaeological investigations are a principal source of knowledge of prehistoric, ancient, and extinct culture.
When we look at the past, many
- human species,
- clans,
- civilizations,
- kingdoms and empires
lived in the Anatolian Geography.
In fact, Bursa, where I studied archaeology, has a very old past in the city.
Archaeology has many sub-branches/subfields. The subfield of archaeology are...
SUB-DISCIPLINARY BRANCHES /SUBFIELD OF ARCHAEOLOGY
- BY CIVILIZATION
- Classical Archaeology (greek and roman)
- Assyriology
- Sumerology
- Egyptology
- Hittitology
- BY HISTORYCITY
- Historical Archaeology
- Prehistoric Archaeology
- Protohistoric Archaeology
- Ethnoarchaeology
- Taphonomy
- BY TIME PERIOD
- African Archaeology
- Australian Archaeology
- Archaeology of the Americas
- European Archaeology
- Indistrual Archaeology
- Industurial Revolution
- Near Eastern Archaeology
- Biblical Archaeology
- Medieval Archaeology
- Post-Medieval Archaeology
- Modern Archaeology
- Historical Archaelogy
- Classical Archaeology
- OTHER SUB-DISCIYPLINES
- Aerial Archaeology
- Anthracology
- Archaeoastronomy
- Archaeogeography
- Archaeologycal Science/Archaeometry (radiocarbon dating, statistic)
- Archaeozoology
- Zooarchaeology
- Archaeobotany/ Paleoethnobotany
- Battlefield Archaeology
- Calceology
- Computational Archaeology (gis)
- Experimental Archaeology
- Environmental Archaeology
- Forencis Archaeology
- Landscape Archaeology
- Numismatics
- Maritime Archaeology
- Museum Studies
- Osteology
- Paleopatology
- Recceology
- Settlement Archaeology
