How Maritime Archaeology Can Contribute to the Learning of Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Singapore History in SchoolsMaritime archaeology may be broadly defined as the study of human interaction with the
Archaeology is often classified as a social science for two reasons. First, it is a subfield of anthropology, a field that is also classified as a social science. Second, archaeology deals with humans, their cultures, and their societies though it studies these aspects of past societies....
How is the Terracotta Army important to history and archaeology? How do historians study the Bantu migrations? How did the Aztecs relate to the Age of Exploration? How did the Aztecs use astronomy? How does an analysis of ancient civilizations help us better understand the ideas that inform no...
The history of archaeology is a long and checkered one. If there is anything archaeology teaches us, it is to look to the past to learn from our mistakes and, if we can find any, our successes. What we today think of as the modern science of archaeology has its roots in religion and...
Early cultures used meteorites to craft weapons and jewelry long before anyone knew how to extract iron from ore.
What Archaeology Is and How to Become an Archaeologist. Ibrahim, an associate professor of biology at theUniversity of Detroit Mercy, says he enjoys the process of reconstructing the past. "We're piecing together an entire ancient ecosystem, and in some cases, resurrecting creatures that a...
Total solar eclipses, like the upcoming one on April 8, occur on reliable schedules that we can calculate far into the past. This information helps researchers date mysterious events from ancient history.
Archaeologists are the different scientists who dig up the remains and artifacts of human beings to study their history. The study of prehistory and the culture of the people is called archaeology. LIDAR stands for Light Detection and Ranging, a technique that uses remote sensing that uses pulsed...
"You know, you've collected this bullet. Which officer's gun does that go to? So this person's went here, this person's bullet went here. You really have to chase it down a lot of steps sometimes." Wounds have patterns that help to determine their origins. "Bludgeoning, where you ...
For much of human history, kings –male monarchs – wielded most of civilization's power. Men like William the Conqueror, Genghis Khan and Tutankhamun were incredibly important. From taxation to religious matters to warfare, kings had the final say on vital matters of every kind. Given the sig...