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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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1,700-year-old Roman fort discovered in Germany was built to keep out barbarians (www.livescience.com)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

For reference: the baths in the city were destroyed exactly a hundred years later, in 375 CE. So odds are that the fort was mildly effective to keep the barbarians out.

And by "barbarians" I mean likely Franks. In the long term... well.

This is a map of the Franconian dialects. I edited it to show Aquae Granni / Aachen, right in the middle. "Franconian", "Frankish", you should get the picture.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

If something works for more than a lifetime, I wouldn't call it mildly effective.