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  Archaeology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
These subfields are cultural anthropology, which studies behavioural, symbolic, and material dimensions of culture; linguistics, which studies language, including the origins of language and language groups; and physical anthropology, which includes the study of human evolution and physical and genetic characteristics.
In England, archaeologists have uncovered the long-lost layouts of medieval villages abandoned after the crises of the 14th century and the equally lost layouts of 17th century parterre gardens swept away by a change in fashion.
The material record is nearer to a fair representation of society, though it is subject to its own inaccuracies, such as sampling bias and differential preservation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Archaeology   (5430 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Building material   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Today the production and assembly of various building materials is a multibillion dollar industry, and much environmental concern has recently surfaced about the effects of such a massive resource extraction on a global scale.
A brick is a block made of kiln-fired material, usually clay or shale, but also may be of mud, etc. Clay bricks are formed in a moulding (the soft mud method), or in commercial manufacture more frequently by extruding clay through a die and then wire-cutting them to the proper size (the stiff mud process).
Concrete is a composite building material made from the combination of aggregate (composite) and a binder such as cement.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Building_material   (1077 words)

  
 Archaeology - Internet-Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
It is often difficult to infer solid conclusions about the structure and values of ancient societies from their material remains, not only because objects are mute and say little about those who crafted and used them, but also because not all objects survive to be uncovered by scholars of a later age.
Post-medieval archaeology is the study of material culture in Europe from the sixteenth century onwards.
CRM archaeologists face considerable time pressure, often being forced to complete their work in a fraction of the time that might be allotted for a purely scholarly endeavor.
www.internet-encyclopedia.com /ie/a/ar/archaeology.html   (6097 words)

  
 ScienceDaily: Archaeology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Archaeological field survey -- Archaeological field survey is the methodological process by which archaeologists (often landscape archaeologists) collect information about the location, distribution and organisation of past human...
Archaeology -- Archaeology or archeology is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts,...
A Primer of Ecological Statistics explains fundamental material in probability theory and experimental design for ecologists and environmental scientists.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/archaeology   (6141 words)

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