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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.

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[โ€“] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So uh โ€ฆ how does a ship sink on land? Was the sea level higher then? Is the ship between low and high tide lines? Was there a tsunami?

[โ€“] CouncilOfFriends 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Just a guess, if I was turning an irrigation canal into a road and there was a boat sunk in the mud I would likely put fill on top and call it good. St. Augustine is right on the coast, and Florida's highest elevation is 345 feet so canals are more common around the wetlands

[โ€“] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Are canals at sea level, and now diked off to be dry? Or would they have had locks back when this ship was sailing?