Archaeology or archæology is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes.
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magazine article: "Archaeology, like many academic words, comes from Greek and means, more or less, ‘the study of old things’." Read article
word games: Archaeology. Match the names of archaeology-related actions and things to descriptions of them. Play game (1), game (2) and game (3)
story: Look what the cats dug up! An old woman lives with her many cats in a lovely little garden full of orange trees. They the developers come along, planning to build a new road. All of the neighbours are worried, but the cats have other ideas ... Read story
poem: Ozymandias. This poem was written in 1818 by the famous Romantic poet Shelley. In this poem Shelley reflects on the nature of political power, and those who hold it. Read poem
cartoon: "My career is in ruins!" Well don't look so miserable, you are ..." See cartoon
trivia: Quotes. Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who care not where they are going; they merely want to know where everyone else has been. (Jim Bishop) See more Archaeology trivia
science: cubed. 3D archaeology: 3D digital reconstruction puts us right back in the past. Read story
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