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Conflict archaeology is a sub-discipline within archaeology focused on intergroup and intragroup conflict. Closely linked to battlefield archaeology and Military Sites Archaeology, conflict archaeology is developing [1] as an umbrella sub-discipline that encompasses these others, allowing for greater epistemological elasticity than other terms ...
An archaeological site with human presence dating from 4th century BCE, Fillipovka, South Urals, Russia.This site has been interpreted as a Sarmatian Kurgan.. An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of ...
Battlefield archaeology was first used as part of a single study, in England, on the site of the Battle of Towton (AD1461). Begun in late 1996/early 1997 by battlefield archaeologist Tim Sutherland, as a part of his Ph.D research, the site of the battle has been studied extensively using geophysical surveys, metal detector surveys, aerial photographic analysis as well as multiple ...
Archaeological theory functions as the application of philosophy of science to archaeology, and is occasionally referred to as philosophy of archaeology. There is no one singular theory of archaeology, but many, with different archaeologists believing that information should be interpreted in different ways.
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 can be considered both a social science and a branch of the humanities.
David Leeming describes him as a war and rain god, [14] as does Mircea Eliade. [ 15 ] More recent scholars have rejected this view, partly because it is speculation but also because of the Nabataean origins of Hubal, [ 16 ] a non-native deity imported into the Southern Arabian shrine – one which may have already been associated with Allah. [ 14 ]
Post-processual archaeology, however, questioned this stance, and instead emphasized that archaeology was subjective rather than objective, and that what truth could be ascertained from the archaeological record was often relative to the viewpoint of the archaeologist responsible for unearthing and presenting the data. [5]
The first recorded use of the term “archaeogaming” appeared on June 9, 2013, on Andrew Reinhard's blog, in which he discussed the archaeological underpinnings of World of Warcraft and extrapolated that there is the potential to explore the gameplay and construction of these worlds using an archaeological methodology. [5]