User:PatHadley/Map of Archaeology/Content on the past

The organization of knowledge about the past can be done in two primary ways: by regions or by periods - space or time. This page is designed to provide an overall picture of both those approaches. It classifies content (or it's lack) on Wikipedia not necessarily our state of knowledge as it is.

Notes


 * ''As of April 2013 coverage of the archaeological past was arguably too Eurocentric, particularly for major synthetic articles, templates and timelines. This needs addressing as it is an example of systemic bias.


 * Frameworks for thinking about space and time are varied and often argued about! The intention here is to use the most pragmatic and accepted frameworks that facilitates the organisation of articles

Synoptic table
This table synthesises and organises the archaeological content on Wikipedia by continent or region and by period at a very general level.

Resources

 * Synoptic table of the principal old world prehistoric cultures
 * List of timelines
 * Timeline of human evolution
 * Timeline of human prehistory
 * Timeline of ancient history
 * Logarithmic timeline
 * Detailed logarithmic timeline
 * Template:Chronology
 * Timeline of glaciation
 * Timeline of historic inventions
 * Timeline of world history

Archaeology by Period

 * Main article: List of archaeological periods


 * List of famous archaeological sites
 * Lower Palaeolithic
 * Middle Palaeolithic
 * Upper Palaeolithic
 * Mesolithic
 * Neolithic
 * Chalcolithic
 * Bronze Age
 * Iron Age
 * Romans
 * Anglo-Saxons
 * Pre-Columbian
 * Medieval
 * Industrial


 * Archaeology – also a category


 * Integrated overview
 * Synoptic table of the principal old world prehistoric cultures


 * Periods and stages in archaeology – also a sub-category
 * Prehistory - in need of serious cleanup
 * Lower Palaeolithic
 * Middle Palaeolithic
 * Upper Palaeolithic
 * Mesolithic
 * Neolithic
 * Chalcolithic
 * Bronze Age
 * Iron Age
 * Romans
 * Anglo-Saxons
 * Medieval archaeology
 * Post-medieval archaeology
 * Industrial archaeology


 * Archaeology by region – also a sub-category
 * African archaeology
 * Asian archaeology
 * Australasian archaeology
 * European archaeology
 * Roman archaeology
 * Near Eastern archaeology
 * American archaeology – also a sub-category
 * North American archaeology
 * South American archaeology


 * List of famous archaeological sites – also in sub-category
 * List of archaeological periods – also in sub-category
 * List of archaeological periods (Levant)
 * List of archaeological periods (North America)
 * List of archaeological periods (Northern Europe)
 * List of archaeological periods (Mesoamerica)
 * List of archaeological periods (Korea)