archaeological remains
Dug-up historical evidence
Archaeological remains are physical traces of past human activity uncovered through excavation or preserved at a site.
These include artifacts, structures, bones, pottery, tools, and other material evidence that archaeologists study to reconstruct ancient cultures and ways of life: The archaeological remains suggest the settlement was abandoned around 1200 BCE.
The term emphasizes what has survived rather than what was originally present.
- potteryFired clay objects
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- lost civilizationAncient society now gone
- burial chambersSpaces for interring remains
- coprolitesFossilized animal excrement
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- bonesskull, femur, tibia, skulls, humerus
- BamiyanBuddha statues, Buddhist caves, cave temples, niches, caves
- osteometrylong bones, skull shape, cranial capacity, body proportions, sex determination
archaeological remainswritten records
Documented accounts preserved textually
documentary evidence · historical documents · manuscripts · oral history · inscriptions
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