this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2023
456 points (97.1% liked)

Archaeology

2446 readers
84 users here now

Welcome to c/Archaeology @ Mander.xyz!

Shovelbums welcome. ๐Ÿ—ฟ


Notice Board

This is a work in progress, please don't mind the mess.


About

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...

Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Be kind and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. No pseudoscience/pseudoarchaeology.



Links

Archaeology 101:

Get Involved:

University and Field Work:

Jobs and Career:

Professional Organisations:

FOSS Tools:

Datasets:

Fun:

Other Resources:



Similar Communities


Sister Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Plants & Gardening

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Memes


Find us on Reddit

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] Son_of_dad 4 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Westerners will say "but those relics are safer with us, since your country is fucked" without a hint of self awareness about who fucked up these countries to begin with. And regardless of the situation in those countries, it is THEIR decision where their relics get to be kept safe, not the decision of the people who stole it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

The Taliban ~~ISIS~~ felt the same, then they blew up the Buddhas in Afghanistan, and destroyed countless other artifacts in Iraq

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Uh, no. The Taliban ordered the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan, not Daesh / IS.

Daesh destroys relics, but the Buddhas were destroyed in 2001, before Daesh was even a part of Al Qaeda.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

changed cheers

load more comments (6 replies)
load more comments (7 replies)