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Ancient skeleton unearthed in France is latest to be found sitting upright

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Ancient skeleton unearthed in France is latest to be found sitting upright

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Scientists trying to work out why Gauls chose to bury some of their dead in seated position facing west

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“Being an archaeologist can be a very frustrating profession,” she added.
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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

The discipline involves surveying, excavation, and eventually analysis of data collected, to learn more about the past. In broad scope, archaeology relies on cross-disciplinary research. Read more…

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