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Experimental archaeology (also called experiment archaeology) is a field of study which attempts to generate and test archaeological hypotheses, usually

Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts

shorter weapons such as the plumbata and spiculum. Due in part to experimental archaeology, the design of the pilum is believed to have evolved to be armour-piercing;

of Nautical Archaeology 37:253-272, March 2008 Mark, S. 2008. "The Earliest Naval Ram" The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 35: 261-4 Oron

however, appear to mean a specific type of sword, which is now known from archaeology to have had variants. Gladii were two-edged for cutting and had a tapered

Cerevera Obregón, Marco (19 February 2009). "El macuahuitl, arqueologia experimental". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2010

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Archaeology was beginning to break up into various sub-disciplines such as ethnoarchaeology, experimental archaeology, and industrial archaeology. Furthermore

Peninsula. Hyderabad. ISBN. "Archaeological Investigations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis, Egypt". BU Arts & Scences Archaeology. Boston University. 27 January

reconstruction of an ancient Athenian trireme and an important example of experimental archaeology. Olympias was constructed from 1985 to 1987 by a shipbuilder in