Historical Study
A synonym for archaeology is "prehistoric studies" or "antiquities research."
Harrison Ford played an archaeologist in the Indiana Jones movies. The archaeologist worked at a dig for four years while working on his dissertation.
Astronomical archaeology is a related field that focuses on studying ancient structures for their astronomical relevance, often used interchangeably with archaeoastronomy.
There are probably thousands. Most archaeologists specialize in one geographic area or one time period, often both! An archaeologist may also specialize in a particular aspect such as flora or fauna, architecture, ceramics or lithics. There is no end to the possibilities. Some of them are listed below including some theoretical approaches. Archaeoastronomy, Behavioural archaeology, Biblical archaeology, Bioarchaeolgy, Classical archaeology, Cognitive archaeology, Commercial archaeology, Egyptian archaeology, Environmental archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology, Evolutionary archaeology, Experimental archaeology, Feminist archaeology, Field archaeology, Forensic archaeology, Gender archaeology, Geoarchaeology, Historical archaeology, Industrial archaeology, Interpretitive archaeology, Landscape archaeology, Maritime archaeology, Marxist archaeology, Mediaeval archaeology, Nationalist archaeology, Nautical archaeology, Neo-Marxist archaeology, New Archaeology, Processual archaeology, Post-Processual archaeolgy, Osteoarchaeology, Settlement archaeology, Social archaeology, Underwater archaeology, Urban archaeology, Zooarchaeology
Maritime archaeology is archaeology conductred under water.
Katsuyuki Okamura has written: 'New perspectives in global public archaeology' -- subject- s -: Public history, Salvage archaeology, Social aspects, Community archaeology, Archaeology, Archaeology and state
The two large archaeology magazines are Archaeology Magazine and Popular Archaeology. Additionally, there Dig, the archaeology magazine for kids. They may be available at larger news stands, or by subscription which can be obtained through their websites.
I studied Archaeology at University.
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Headland Archaeology was created in 1996.
World Archaeology was created in 1969.
Oxford Archaeology was created in 1973.