Of, relating to, or concerning archaeology.

The application of chemical theories, processes, and experimental procedures to obtaining archaeological data and to solutions of problems in archaeology.

This field includes laboratory analysis of artifacts and materials found in archaeological context.

Establishment of the temporal sequences of human cultures by the application of a variety of dating methods to cultural remains.

Any private, nonprofit organization working to save archaeological sites from destruction.

This is done primarily by purchasing threatened sites and protecting the sites until they can be turned over to responsible agencies; such as, national parks.

Constantly recurring artifacts or group of assemblages that represent or are typical of a specific ancient culture at a particular time and place.

The term describes the maximum grouping of all assemblages that represent the sum of the human activities carried out within a culture.

Material collected and recorded as significant evidence by an archaeologist.

Archaeological data falls into four classes: artifacts, ecofacts, features, and structures.

The use of geological techniques and methods to archaeological work.

It is different from geoarchaeology in that the latter is a subfield of archaeology focusing on the physical context of deposits.

Sedimentary and architectural units defined by a combination of lithological, pedological, and material cultural criteria.

Any of a variety of means used by archaeologists to find, recover, analyze, preserve, and describe the artifacts and other remains of past human activities.

A systematic method of attempting to locate, identify, and record the distribution of archaeological sites on the ground by looking at the various area contrasts in geography and environment.

The surviving physical remains of past human activities, which are sought, recovered, analyzed, preserved, and described by archaeologists in an attempt to reconstruct the past.

The act or process of obtaining artifacts from a site for the purpose of deriving archaeological data.

A method of placing a group of similar objects into a chronological sequence, taking into account stylistic changes that have occurred over time.

Any concentration of artifacts, ecofacts, features, and structures manufactured or modified by humans.

The methods used to examine an area to determine if archaeological deposits are present.

Any theoretical concept used to assess the framework and meaning of the remains of past human activity.

Such a theory is used to guide a reconstruction and an interpretation of the past by looking beyond the facts and artifacts for explanations of prehistoric events.

An arbitrary classification unit set up by an archaeologist to separate one grouping of artifacts from another in space and time.