Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Activities Facet
3. Disciplines (hierarchy name)
4. disciplines (concept)
5. social sciences

Additional parents:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Activities Facet
3. Disciplines
4. disciplines
5. social sciences
6. history and related disciplines
7. history-related disciplines

Narrower term/s

• classical archaeology
• industrial archaeology
• underwater archaeology
• archaeometry
• geoarchaeology
• archaeobotany [NP][+]
  • anthracology
• archaeozoology
• archaeometallurgy [NP]
• landscape archaeology[+]
  • garden archaeology
• experimental archaeology[+]
  • ethnoarchaeology
• compliance archeology
• historical archaeology
• buildings archaeology
• rescue archaeology
• environmental archaeology
• urban archaeology
• field archaeology
• public archaeology
• developer-funded archaeology
• conflict archaeology

Anotations

Scope note:

Scientific study of the material remains of past human life and activities, including human artifacts from the very earliest stone tools to the man-made objects that are buried or thrown away in the present day. Archaeological investigations are a principal source of knowledge of prehistoric, ancient, and extinct cultures.