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U.S. Department of Agriculture

archaeology

Subject Category: B Rural and Agricultural Sociology
Definition: The study of past human cultures through the excavation and analysis of artifacts or other material remains recovered from archaeological sites.
Definition Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/266389.rdf
Persistent URI:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/266389
Used For: archeology; bioarchaeology
Broader Term: anthropology
Narrower Term: archaeobotany
Related Term: ethnobotany; prehistoric agriculture
Spanish: arqueología
Term Number: 266389

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