2002 in archaeology Jump to: navigation, search 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Importance and applicability Most of human history is not described by any written records. ...
Damascus by night, pictured from Jabal Qasioun; the green spots are minarets Damascus (Arabic officially دمشق Dimashq, colloquially ash-Sham الشام) is the capital city of Syria and is the oldest inhabited city in the world. ... The Newport ship is a 15th century sailing vessel discovered by archaeologists in June 2002 at Newport. ...
The Thebes tablets are clay tablets, discovered in the city of Thebes, with inscriptions in the Mycenaean language in the Linear B script, dating to the 13th century BC. A substantial portion, some 250 tablets, amounting roughly to 5% of the entire Mycenaean corpus, was discovered by Vassilis L. Aravantinos...
In the case of the construction of roads, waterways and railways, archaeology is included in the planning at an early phase.
The archaeology sector has learned a great deal from these infrastructural projects, primarily because the archaeological aspects of a project had to be manageable and verifiable.
The fact that this estimate was realistic is shown by the fact that, now that the archaeology work in relation to the Betuweroute has almost been completed, the budget has not been and is not going to be exceeded.
Archaeology is an interdisciplinary study of material artifacts in their cultural and environmental context.
Students interested in the concentration are encouraged to consult with the coordinators early in the sophomore year in order to plan ahead and retain as much freedom of choice as possible in meeting the requirements of the program.
The focus will be on the archaeology of Africa, but will also look at how modern hunters and herders live as analogies for interpreting the archaeological record, and to understand the transitions to modern life and globalization which they are facing.
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