The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to archaeology:
Archaeology – study of cultures through the recovery, documentation, and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes.
What type of thing is archaeology? Archaeology can be described as all of the following: Academic discipline Science Social science
Essence of archaeology Archaeological ethics Archaeological excavation Archaeological record Archaeological science Archaeological site Archaeological theory Artifacts Biofacts Excavation
Branches of archaeology Archaeological practice Cultural Resources Management Archaeological ethics Urban archaeology
Archaeological science
Archaeological science Archaeometry Dendrochronology Isotope analysis Palynology Radiocarbon dating Zooarchaeology Geoarchaeology Bioarchaeology Archaeogenetics Computational archaeology
Archaeological subdisciplines Subfields of archaeology Ethnoarchaeology Taphonomy
By location List of archaeological sites by country African archaeology Australian archaeology European archaeology Russian archaeology Archaeology of the Americas Archaeology of Ayodhya Archaeology of the Channel Islands Archaeology of China Archaeology of Cyprus Archaeology of India Archaeology of Iowa (United States) Archaeology of Israel Archaeology of Northern Europe Archaeology of the Philippines Archaeology of Qatar
By time period
Industrial archaeology Near Eastern archaeology Biblical archaeology Medieval archaeology Historical archaeology Post-medieval archaeology Industrial archaeology Contemporary archaeology
Specialities Aerial archaeology Archaeoastronomy Archaeological science Archaeozoology Archaeobotany or paleoethnobotany Battlefield archaeology Computational archaeology Experimental archaeology Environmental archaeology Forensic archaeology Landscape archaeology Maritime archaeology Museum studies Palaeoarchaeology Paleopathology
History of archaeology
History of archaeology Table of years in archaeology
Archaeological methods
Archaeological excavation Archaeological field survey Archaeological geophysics Underwater archaeology
Archaeological theory
Archaeological theory Great ages archaeology Functionalism Processualism / "New Archaeology" Post-processualism Cognitive archaeology Gender archaeology Feminist archaeology History of archaeology
Archaeology by Period List of archaeological periods List of archaeological periods (North America) Lower Palaeolithic Middle Palaeolithic Upper Palaeolithic Mesolithic Neolithic Chalcolithic Bronze Age Iron Age Romans Anglo-Saxons Pre-Columbian Medieval Industrial
Archaeological sites
Archaeological site Feature Cairn Megalithic tomb Pyramid Sepulchre Tomb Votive site
Archaeological site features
Burials Cuts Re-cuts Ditches Drains Fire pits Foundations Enclosures Graves Hearths Lynchets Middens Pit-houses Post holes Walls
Archaeological artifacts
Assemblage Grave goods Hoard Manuport Sarcophagus Small finds Stone tool Votive deposit
Other archaeology concepts Alignment Archaeological association Archaeological context Archaeological culture Archaeological field survey Archaeological horizon Archaeological natural Archaeological phase Archaeological plan Archaeological record Archaeological sequence Biofact Collecting Colluvium Cropmarks Cultural resources management Cut Dark earth Dating methodology Dendrochronology Deposit model Ecofact Excavation Fill Fossil Geologic time scale Geomatics Grave robbing Ground-penetrating radar Harris matrix Law of superposition Lithic analysis Post excavation Projectile point Radiocarbon dating Relationship Seriation Stratification
Influential archaeologists
List of archaeologists
Archaeology lists List of archaeological periods List of archaeologists List of Russian historians List of designations under the Protection of Wrecks Act List of archaeological sites by country List of archaeological sites by continent and age List of Paleolithic sites in China List of paleoethnobotanists Table of years in archaeology
External links The Society for American Archaeology The World Archaeological Congress The Archaeological Institute of America