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Archaeology , or archeology , is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture .. human. human. analysis. Post excavation. material culture. material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts , architecture , biofacts or ecofacts , and cultural landscapes .. archaeological record. archaeological record. artifacts. Artifact ( archaeology ). architecture. architecture. cultural landscapes. cultural landscapes. Archaeology can be considered both a social science and a branch of the humanities .. social science. social science. humanities. humanities. In North America , archaeology is considered a sub-field of anthropology , while in Europe archaeology is often viewed as either a discipline in its own right or a sub-field of other disciplines .. North America. North America. anthropology. anthropology. Europe. Europe. Archaeologists study human prehistory and history , from the development of the first stone tools at Lomekwi in East Africa 3.3 million years ago up until recent decades .. human. human. prehistory. prehistory. history. history. Lomekwi. Lomekwi. Archaeology as a field is distinct from the discipline of palaeontology , the study of fossil remains .. palaeontology. palaeontology. To reiterate , archaeologists do not dig dinosaurs , and tend to find this misconception rather disheartening .. Archaeology is particularly important for learning about prehistoric societies , for whom there may be no written records to study .. Prehistory includes over 99 % of the human past , from the Paleolithic until the advent of literacy in societies across the world .. human. human. Paleolithic. Paleolithic. Archaeology has various goals , which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time .. human. human. history. history. culture history. culture history. The discipline involves surveying , excavation and eventually analysis of data collected to learn more about the past .. analysis. Post excavation. surveying. Archaeological survey. excavation. Excavation ( archaeology ). In broad scope , archaeology relies on cross-disciplinary research .. It draws upon anthropology , history , art history , classics , ethnology , geography , geology , literary history , linguistics , semiology , textual criticism , physics , information sciences , computational archaeology -LRB- also known sometimes as digital archaeology -RRB- , archaeogaming , chemistry , statistics , paleoecology , paleography , paleontology , paleozoology , paleoethnobotany , and paleobotany .. anthropology. anthropology. history. history. art history. art history. classics. classics. ethnology. ethnology. geography. geography. geology. geology. literary history. History of literature. linguistics. linguistics. semiology. semiology. textual criticism. textual criticism. physics. physics. computational archaeology. computational archaeology. digital archaeology. digital archaeology. archaeogaming. archaeogaming. chemistry. chemistry. statistics. statistics. paleoecology. paleoecology. paleography. Palaeography. paleontology. paleontology. paleozoology. paleozoology. paleoethnobotany. paleoethnobotany. paleobotany. paleobotany. Archaeology developed out of antiquarianism in Europe during the 19th century , and has since become a discipline practiced across the world .. Europe. Europe. antiquarianism. antiquarianism. Archaeology has been used by nation-states to create particular visions of the past .. Since its early development , various specific sub-disciplines of archaeology have developed , including maritime archaeology , feminist archaeology and archaeoastronomy , and numerous different scientific techniques have been developed to aid archaeological investigation .. maritime archaeology. maritime archaeology. feminist archaeology. feminist archaeology. archaeoastronomy. archaeoastronomy. Nonetheless , today , archaeologists face many problems , such as dealing with pseudoarchaeology , the looting of artifacts , a lack of public interest , and opposition to the excavation of human remains .. human. human. artifacts. Artifact ( archaeology ). excavation. Excavation ( archaeology ). pseudoarchaeology. pseudoarchaeology