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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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What was the longest-lasting civilization? (www.livescience.com)
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Genetic Study Suggests Migrants Brought Farming to North Africa - Archaeology Magazine (www.archaeology.org)
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Moderators wanted. :) (mander.xyz)
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Bone aerophones from Eynan-Mallaha (Israel) indicate imitation of raptor calls by the last hunter-gatherers in the Levant (www.nature.com)
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"Here we report new evidence for Palaeolithic sound-making instruments from the Levant with the discovery of seven aerophones made of perforated bird bones in the Final Natufian site of Eynan-Mallaha, Northern Israel. Through technological, use-wear, taphonomic, experimental and acoustical analyses, we demonstrate that these objects were intentionally manufactured more than 12,000 years ago to produce a range of sounds similar to raptor calls and whose purposes could be at the crossroads of communication, attracting hunting prey and music-making."

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View of The Karlevi runestone | Manuscript and Text Cultures (MTC) (mtc-journal.org)
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"This piece outlines the origins, distribution, and chief features of the runic alphabet; contextualizes the inscription on the Karlevi runestone and the location of the stone itself; analyses the lettering and layout of the inscription in relation to the metre, style and cultural context of the verse it holds; and finally describes the character of skaldic verse and interprets the stanza." (From the abstract)

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Excavating a 19th-Century Detroit Saloon (www.sapiens.org)
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Q&A with Ludovic Slimak, the archaeologist who wants to rewrite the history of early humans in Europe (phys.org)
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Surprising similarities in stone tools of early humans and monkeys: Accidentally produced stone fragments made by macaques resemble some of the earliest hominin stone artifacts (www.sciencedaily.com)
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Great Mayan Aquifer may form interconnections with Maya cenotes (www.heritagedaily.com)
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Did Neanderthals Collect Impressive Animal Skulls? (www.atlasobscura.com)
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