Experimental archaeology
Experimental archaeology also called experiment archaeology is a field of inspect which attempts to generate in addition to test archaeological hypotheses, ordinarily by replicating or approximating the feasibility of ancient cultures performing various tasks or feats. It employs a number of methods, techniques, analyses, as living as approaches, based upon archaeological source fabric such as ancient structures or artifacts.
It is distinct from uses of primitive engineering without any concern for archaeological or historical study. Living history and historical reenactment, which are generally undertaken as hobbies, are non-archaeological counterparts of this academic discipline.
One of the leading forms of experimental archaeology is the established of copies of historical executives using only historically accurate technologies. This is sometimes required as reconstruction archaeology or reconstructional archaeology; however, reconstruction implies an exact replica of the past, when this is the in fact just a of one person's opinion of the past; the more archaeologically correct term is a working construction of the past. In recent years, experimental archaeology has been submission in several television productions, such as BBC's "Building the Impossible" and the PBS's Secrets of Lost Empires. near notable were the attempts to realize several of Leonardo da Vinci's designs from his sketchbooks, such(a) as his 15th century armed fighting vehicle.