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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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not a great article at all for those of us who have no preexisting idea what a polychrome wall actually is.
from wiki:
No offense meant here, but I think it is fair to either know or figure out archaeological terms yourself if you're going to be reading articles, even lay articles, in an archaeology community, not to expect them to be defined each time.
I agree that in this case, since it is the main subject of a lay article, it should have been defined, but I don't think it should be expected to be defined.
Anyway, the photos are quite impressive.
I would expect a lay article to absolutely define these things. If nothing else, gets their word count up so the author can be paid more and helps the lay person understand what they're reading about, win-win. I know Reuters is more of a gives the mere basics so other news sources can pick it up and write more encompassing listicles site though so I'm not gonna have greater expectations for them here. Thanks for posting!
I agree, the article should have. I was speaking in generalities about the community.
"ok.." - me, who was just happy to see something that wasn't trump showing up in my main page
Ill remember to stay in my lane and not engage small community content that i dont fully understand, thanks for the advice. I'm sure Lemmy will be a better place if we all stick to the doomer subs and other weird shit here, or only lurk, right? (thats rhetorical)