# Outline of archaeology

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to archaeology:
Archaeology – study of cultures through the recovery, documentation, and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes.

## What type of thing is archaeology?

Archaeology can be described as all of the following:
* Academic discipline
* Science
** Social science

### Essence of archaeology

* Archaeological ethics
* Archaeological excavation
* Archaeological record
* Archaeological science
* Archaeological site
* Archaeological theory
* Artifacts
* Biofacts
* Excavation

## Branches of archaeology
### Archaeological practice

* Cultural Resources Management
* Archaeological ethics
* Urban archaeology

### Archaeological science

Archaeological science
* Archaeometry
* Dendrochronology
* Isotope analysis
* Palynology
* Radiocarbon dating
* Zooarchaeology
* Geoarchaeology
* Bioarchaeology
* Archaeogenetics
* Computational archaeology

### Archaeological subdisciplines

* Subfields of archaeology
* Ethnoarchaeology
* Taphonomy

#### By location

* List of archaeological sites by country
* African archaeology
* Australian archaeology
* European archaeology
* Russian archaeology
* Archaeology of the Americas
* Archaeology of Ayodhya
* Archaeology of the Channel Islands
* Archaeology of China
* Archaeology of Cyprus
* Archaeology of India
* Archaeology of Iowa (United States)
* Archaeology of Israel
* Archaeology of Northern Europe
* Archaeology of the Philippines
* Archaeology of Qatar

#### By time period

* Industrial archaeology
* Near Eastern archaeology
* Biblical archaeology
* Medieval archaeology
* Historical archaeology
** Post-medieval archaeology
** Industrial archaeology
** Contemporary archaeology

#### Specialities

* Aerial archaeology
* Archaeoastronomy
* Archaeological science
* Archaeozoology
* Archaeobotany or paleoethnobotany
* Battlefield archaeology
* Computational archaeology
* Experimental archaeology
* Environmental archaeology
* Forensic archaeology
* Landscape archaeology
* Maritime archaeology
* Museum studies
* Palaeoarchaeology
* Paleopathology

## History of archaeology

History of archaeology
* Table of years in archaeology

## Archaeological methods

* Archaeological excavation
* Archaeological field survey
* Archaeological geophysics
* Underwater archaeology

## Archaeological theory

Archaeological theory
* Great ages archaeology
* Functionalism
* Processualism / "New Archaeology"
* Post-processualism
* Cognitive archaeology
* Gender archaeology
* Feminist archaeology
* History of archaeology

## Archaeology by Period

* List of archaeological periods
* List of archaeological periods (North America)
* Lower Palaeolithic
* Middle Palaeolithic
* Upper Palaeolithic
* Mesolithic
* Neolithic
* Chalcolithic
* Bronze Age
* Iron Age
* Romans
* Anglo-Saxons
* Pre-Columbian
* Medieval
* Industrial

## Archaeological sites

Archaeological site
* Feature
* Cairn
* Megalithic tomb
* Pyramid
* Sepulchre
* Tomb
* Votive site

### Archaeological site features
## Archaeological artifacts

* Assemblage
* Grave goods
* Hoard
* Manuport
* Sarcophagus
* Small finds
* Stone tool
* Votive deposit

## Other archaeology concepts

* Alignment
* Archaeological association
* Archaeological context
* Archaeological culture
* Archaeological field survey
* Archaeological horizon
* Archaeological natural
* Archaeological phase
* Archaeological plan
* Archaeological record
* Archaeological sequence
* Biofact
* Collecting
* Colluvium
* Cropmarks
* Cultural resources management
* Cut
* Dark earth
* Dating methodology
* Dendrochronology
* Deposit model
* Ecofact
* Excavation
* Fill
* Fossil
* Geologic time scale
* Geomatics
* Grave robbing
* Ground-penetrating radar
* Harris matrix
* Law of superposition
* Lithic analysis
* Post excavation
* Projectile point
* Radiocarbon dating
* Relationship
* Seriation
* Stratification

## Influential archaeologists

List of archaeologists

## Archaeology lists

* List of archaeological periods
* List of archaeologists
* List of Russian historians
* List of designations under the Protection of Wrecks Act
* List of archaeological sites by country
** List of archaeological sites by continent and age
** List of Paleolithic sites in China
* List of paleoethnobotanists
* Table of years in archaeology