this post was submitted on 04 Mar 2026
167 points (99.4% liked)

Archaeology

4765 readers
55 users here now

Welcome to c/Archaeology @ Mander.xyz!

Shovelbums welcome. 🗿

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 3 years ago
MODERATORS
fossilesque@mander.xyz
recreationalplacebos@midwest.social
SciBot@mander.xyz
FlyingSquid@mander.xyz
167
US border officials seize 4,000-year-old Bronze Age weapons looted from Iran (www.independent.co.uk)
submitted 2 days ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/archaeology@mander.xyz
15 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Elliot N Ortiz, CBP’s acting area port director in Philadelphia, said: "Customs and Border Protection officers strive to rescue cultural artifacts from the grips of illicit international traders who plunder and exploit another nation’s heritage for profit. "The deceptive practices used to smuggle these treasures into the United States not only violate our import laws but also undermine efforts to preserve and protect the integrity of cultural history."

It's like we're a parody of ourselves some days.