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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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Roman snail dye found in UK for the first time (www.bbc.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A rare dye made from snails for the robes of the Roman elite almost 2,000 years ago has been unearthed at a cricket club.

The chunk of Tyrian purple, roughly the size of a ping pong ball, was dug up at Carlisle Cricket Club as part of ongoing yearly excavations.

A Roman bathhouse was discovered at the site in 2017 and in the last three years 2,000 items including pottery, weapons, coins and semi-precious stones have been found.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for your reply. I looked it up now and it looks like you're right.

There doesn't seem to be any scientific difference, it looks like it is based on how people feel about these stones.

[–] Shave_MyBeever 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah, what some people deemed the prettiest, and the more rare I imagine. Status symbols ha ha