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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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How a Trove of Whaling Logbooks Will Help Scientists Understand Our Changing Climate (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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[โ€“] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Very interesting, thanks.

Slightly related, the book I am currently reading is about the Juan Fernandez Islands. They are part of Chile. The book talks about how the local climate changed there with the introduction of herbivores and logging. The main focus is on settlement and development, but there are bits about how agriculture changed there because of human involvement.

They are some of the few islands in the pacific that had never been settled until the European conquest.

[โ€“] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 4 months ago

If you like that, find the book Changes in the Land. It's a famous and classic archaeology book. Very good.