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Archaeology. The goal of archaeological research is to elucidate earlier human activity: the culture, economy and society that it creates and which it is directed by. It does so by using as its source material the traces that human activity has left on and in the earth's surface as well as below the surface of its waters. Archaeology permits us to study all the phases in the development of humanity, from the very earliest to the most recent of the [[Historical age|Historical Age]]. Archaeological research is not subject to geographical limits.</P>
<P align="justify"> The traces left by human activity are ancient monuments and other relics. They consist of artefacts, ecofacts and geofacts, which are the vestiges of fixed structures, loose objects or parts thereof, traces of people's livelihoods and land use and of human presence, which has produced various kinds of refuse. Because of the material nature of its evidence, archaeology is directly connected to the natural sciences, especially the bio- and geosciences, the methods of which it employs. Since human communities operate under conditions created by the natural environment, a knowledge of this environment helps us to understand the nature of the communities. Although the source material of archaeology belongs to the natural sciences, its problematics with respect to economic, social, ideological and historical questions belongs to the humanities.</P>
<P align="justify"> Artefacts are studied in terms of their of typology, chorology and [[Chronology|chronology]]. The typological aspect involves the description, categorization and analysis of the material. In its chorological aspect, archaeology is a form of (cultural) geography. The chronological aspect links archaeology with history. On the basis of this division, the spatially and temporally limited typological distributions of archaeological material are classified as so-called [[Archaeological Culture|archaeological cultures]].</P><BR><BR>
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