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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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This is the best summary I could come up with:
The pre-Hispanic tombs—half of which still contain human remains—were found in Chapultepec Forest, a large, urban park located in the country's capital, Mexico City, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced.
The area served as a site of human activity for centuries in pre-Hispanic times, with indications of occupation from the the Early Preclassic period (2500-1200 B.C.)
The latest discovery in Chapultepec Forest came about thanks to construction works for a cable car line that will run along the edge of parts of the park, following the route of a road known as Avenida Constituyentes.
It is not known why exactly the tombs were designed in such a way, but the shape could be a reference to human conception, when the fetus is lodged in the mother's womb, López Camacho told Newsweek.
"Very early societies in Mesoamerica presented a clear hierarchy and a funerary architecture that must have reflected a series of beliefs and rituals around the meaning of death."
All of the evidence uncovered at the site highlights the complexity of social practices and productive activities—such as agriculture, pottery making and construction—in the Preclassic period, according to the INAH.
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