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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 has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

The discipline involves surveying, excavation, and eventually analysis of data collected, to learn more about the past. In broad scope, archaeology relies on cross-disciplinary research. Read more...

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Stone Age builders had engineering savvy, finds study of 6000-year-old monument (www.nature.com)

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The Neolithic farmers and herders who built a massive stone chamber in southern Spain nearly 6,000 years ago possessed a good rudimentary grasp of physics, geometry, geology and architectural principles, finds a detailed study of the site.

Using data from a high-resolution laser scan, as well as unpublished photos and diagrams from earlier excavations, archaeologists pieced together a probable construction process for the monument known as the Dolmen of Menga. Their findings, published on 23 August in Science Advances1, reveal new insights into the structure and its Neolithic builders’ technical abilities.

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[–] kippinitreal@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I feel articles like this give off "alien must have built the pyramids" energy. We've always been smart, but what modern civilizations have is systematic recording, organization & dispersal of gained knowledge with an amazing efficiency. I think a great example of great ingenuity lost is roman concrete, recipe for which was only recreated recently.

Can anyone tell me the academic benefit of studying/publishing ancient building techniques that confirm modern day methods? Should we not look for unknown/unfamiliar techniques that might have been lost to time?