Archaeology

Archaeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. Archaeology is often considered a branch of socio-cultural anthropology, but archaeologists also draw from biological, geological, and environmental systems through their study of the past. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts and cultural landscapes. Archaeology can be considered both a social science and a branch of the humanities.

Cave archaeology specifically focuses on the evidence of human culture left behind in caves. This field of study is also dedicated to preserving the last surviving links to ancient peoples. Cultural resources are being lost at a faster rate than natural resources and once gone, they are gone forever.