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This page outlines content within the scope of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Archaeology|WikiProject Archaeology]].

==The Discipline==
===Core elements===
{{Main|Archaeology}}
{{Category tree|Archaeology}}

* [[Archaeological record]]
* [[Archaeological science]]
* [[Archaeological site]]
* [[Archaeological theory]]
* [[Artifact (archaeology)|Artifact]]s
* [[Biofact (archaeology)|Biofact]]s
* [[Excavation (archaeology)|Excavation]]

===Archaeological methods and practice===

* [[Cultural Resources Management]]
* [[Urban archaeology]]
* [[Forensic archaeology]]
* [[Underwater archaeology]]

===Subfields===

* [[Archaeoastronomy]]
* [[Battlefield archaeology]]
* [[Funerary archaeology]]/[[Mortuary archaeology]]/[[archaeology of death and burial]]
* [[Maritime archaeology]]
* [[Museum|Museum studies]]

====Survey and site discovery====
* [[Aerial archaeology]]
* [[Archaeological field survey]]
* [[Archaeological geophysics]]

====Archaeological science====
{{Main|Archaeological science}}

* [[Archaeometry]]
** [[Isotope analysis]]
'''Dating'''
** [[Dendrochronology]]
** [[Radiocarbon dating]]
* [[Environmental archaeology]]
** [[Archaeobotany]] or [[paleoethnobotany]]
** [[Palynology]]
** [[Zooarchaeology]]
* [[Geoarchaeology]]
* [[Bioarchaeology]]
** [[Paleopathology]]
** [[Archaeogenetics]]
* [[Taphonomy]]

====Archaeological approaches====
* [[Ethnoarchaeology]]
* [[Computational archaeology]]
* [[Experimental archaeology]]
* [[Landscape archaeology]]

====By location====
* [[African archaeology]]
* [[Archaeology of the Americas]]
* [[Australian archaeology]]
* [[European archaeology]]
* [[Russian archaeology]]

====By time period====

* [[Industrial archaeology]]
* [[Near Eastern archaeology]]
* [[Biblical archaeology]]
* [[Medieval archaeology]]
* [[Historical archaeology]]
** [[Post-medieval archaeology]]
** [[Industrial archaeology]]
** [[Contemporary archaeology]]

===History and theory===
{{Main|History of archaeology}}

* [[List of years in archaeology]]

{{Main|Archaeological theory}}

* [[Great ages archaeology]]
* [[Functionalism (sociology)|Functionalism]]
* [[Processualism]] / "New Archaeology"
* [[Post-processualism]]
* [[Cognitive archaeology]]
* [[Gender archaeology]]
* [[Feminist archaeology]]
* [[Archaeological ethics]]

===The archaeological record===
{{Main|Archaeological record}}

===Features===
: ''Main article: [[Feature (archaeology)|Feature]]''
* [[Feature (archaeology)|Feature]]
* [[Cairn]]
* [[Megalithic tomb]]
* [[Pyramid]]
* [[Sepulchre]]
* [[Tomb]]
* [[Votive site]]

===Artifacts===
: ''Main article: [[Artifact (archaeology)|Artifact]]''

* [[Assemblage (archaeology)|Assemblage]]
* [[Grave goods]]
* [[Hoard]]
* [[Manuport]]
* [[Sarcophagus]]
* [[Small finds]]
* [[Stone tool]]
* [[Votive deposit]]

===Other concepts===
* [[Alignment (archaeology)|Alignment]]
* [[Archaeological association]]
* [[Archaeological context]]
* [[Archaeological culture]]
* [[Archaeological field survey]]
* [[Archaeological horizon]]
* [[Archaeological natural]]
* [[Archaeological phase]]
* [[Archaeological plan]]
* [[Archaeological record]]
* [[Archaeological sequence]]
* [[Biofact (archaeology)|Biofact]]
* [[Colluvium]]
* [[Cropmarks]]
* [[Cultural resources management]]
* [[Cut (archaeology)|Cut]]
* [[Dark earth]]
* [[Dating methodology (archaeology)|Dating methodology]]
* [[Dendrochronology]]
* [[Deposit model]]
* [[Ecofact]]
* [[Excavation (archaeology)|Excavation]]
* [[Fill (archaeology)|Fill]]
* [[Fossil]]
* [[Geologic time scale]]
* [[Geomatics]]
* [[Grave robbing]]
* [[Ground-penetrating radar]]
* [[Harris matrix]]
* [[Law of superposition]]
* [[Lithic analysis]]
* [[Post excavation]]
* [[Projectile point]]
* [[Radiocarbon dating]]
* [[Relationship (archaeology)|Relationship]]
* [[Seriation (archaeology)|Seriation]]
* [[Stratification (archeology)|Stratification]]

===Archaeologists===
{{Main|List of archaeologists}}

===Education, Institutions and Organisations===
* [[Graduate Programs in Archaeology]]

===Lists===
Also a [[:Category:Archaeology lists|sub-category]]
* [[List of archaeologists]]
* [[List of Russian archaeologists]]

* [[List of significant archaeological discoveries]]
** [[List of archaeological sites sorted by continent and age]]
** [[List of archaeological sites sorted by country]]
** [[List of Palaeolithic sites in China]]
* [[List of prominent paleoethnobotanists]]
* [[List of years in archaeology]]

== The past ==
The organization of knowledge about the past can be done in two primary ways: by regions or by periods - space or time.
The chronological content is organized going backward in time as one reads down: older periods appear '''below''' more recent ones as they do in archaeological texts and in the ground due to [[stratification]].
This page is designed to provide an overall picture of both those approaches. It classifies content (or its 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 [[Wikipedia:Countering systemic bias|systemic bias]].

*''Frameworks for thinking about space and time are varied and often [[Wikipedia:BCE#Era style|argued about]]! The intention here is to use the most pragmatic and accepted frameworks that facilitates the organisation of articles''

===Archaeology by Period===
''Main article: [[List of archaeological periods]]'' - 

====Historic Archaeology====

''Note''
* ''Archaeologists now work on everything up to the present day (see: [[Contemporary archaeology]]). Articles need organising to reflect this and to not just reflect Anglo-American historic periods.''

*[[Timeline of historic inventions]]
*[[Timeline of world history]]
*[[Timeline of ancient history]]

** [[Industrial archaeology]]
** [[Post-medieval archaeology]]
** [[Medieval archaeology]]
** [[Anglo-Saxons]]
** [[Ancient Rome|Romans]]

====Prehistoric Archaeology====
=====Synoptic table=====
This table synthesises and organises the archaeological content on Wikipedia by [[continent]] or region and by period at a very general level. Where possible it should link to the highest-level synthetic articles or lists. If there are glaring omissions in the selection of synthetic articles "[[Wikipedia:Redlink|Redlinks]]" may be created.
This table uses [[Before Present]] (eg, 'Present' = AD1950 the [[radiocarbon dating]] definition) as a step toward culturally neutral [[chronology]].


{| class="wikitable" border=0 cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" align="center"
|- bgcolor=#bbbdff
| colspan=10 | <center>'''An Overview of the global past to 1000 [[Before Present|BP]]'''</center>
|- bgcolor=#bbfbff
!
!colspan=1|<center> [[Prehistoric Europe]]</center>
!colspan=2|<center> [[Prehistoric Africa]]</center>
!colspan=3|<center> [[Prehistoric Asia]]</center>
!colspan=2|<center> [[Prehistoric Americas]]</center>
!colspan=1|<center> [[Prehistoric Oceania]]</center>
|- bgcolor=#bbbdff
! Period & [[Climate]]
! [[Prehistoric Europe|Europe]]
! [[Prehistoric North Africa|North Africa]], [[West Africa#Prehistory|West Africa]] and [[Sahara#History|Sahara]]
! [[Central Africa]], [[History of South Africa#Prehistory|South]] and [[East Africa#Prehistory|East Africa]]
! [[History of the Middle East|Middle East]]
! [[History of South Asia|South Asia]], and [[History of Central Asia|Central Asia]]
! [[History of East Asia|East Asia]] and [[History of Southeast Asia|South-East Asia]]
! [[List of archaeological periods (North America)|North America]] (now [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada#History|Canada]] and the [[History of Native Americans in the United States|United States]])
! [[Mesoamerican chronology|Central]] and [[Prehistoric South America|South America]]
! [[Prehistory of Australia|Australia]], [[Prehistory of the Philippines|the Philippines]] and [[Austronesian peoples]]
|-bgcolor=#ddffbb
 |1000 Before Present ([[Before present|BP]]) 
|([[Middle Ages]])
 |([[Caliphate]])
 |([[Sahelian kingdoms]]) [[Kingdom of Mapungubwe|Mapungubwe]]
 |([[Caliphate]])
 |([[Middle Kingdoms of India|Middle Kingdoms]])
 |([[Song Dynasty]])
 | End of the [[Woodland period]] beginning of the [[Post-archaic period]]
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 |1500 BP 
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|-bgcolor=#ddffbb
 |2000 BP (approximately 0 ''[[Before Christ]]'') 
 |[[Iron Age Europe|Iron Age]]
 |([[Ancient North Africa]])
 |[[Bantu expansion]]
 |([[Classical Antiquity]])
 |([[Iron Age in India|Iron Age India]])
 |([[Han Dynasty]])
 | [[Hopewell tradition]]
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 |2500 BP 
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 |3000 BP 
 |[[Urnfield culture]] [[Bronze Age]] 
 |[[Copper Age]] in [[Niger]] 
 |[[Bantu expansion]]
 | [[Late Bronze Age]] [[Early Iron Age]]
 |development of [[Iron Age in India|Indian Iron Age]]
 |[[Chinese Bronze Age]]
 | Beginning of the [[Woodland period]]
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 |3500 BP 
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 |4000 BP 
 |[[Bell beaker]] [[Chalcolithic]] [[corded ware]] [[domestication of the horse]]
 |[[Neolithic]] of [[Tichit]] Tenerean
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 |[[Middle Bronze Age]] ([[Sumer]])
 |[[Indus Valley civilisation]] [[Writing#Writing in Historical Cultures|writing]]
 |[[China|Chinese]] [[Neolithic]] of [[Longshan culture|Longshan]]
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 |4500 BP 
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|-bgcolor=#ddffbb
 |5000 BP 
 |[[Yamna culture]], enclosed villages first [[megalith]]s [[Chalcolithic]] of Central Europe
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 |Beginning of the [[Hunter-gatherer]] art of [[South Africa]]
 |[[Early Bronze Age]]
 |[[Regionalization Era]]
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 |5500 BP 
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|-bgcolor=#ddffbb
 |6000 BP 
 |[[Samara culture]] Lower [[Neolithic]] [[Danubian culture|Danubian]] [[Neolithic]] 
 |Mediterranean and [[Predynastic Egypt|Egyptian Neolithic]] 
 |Beginning of [[Neolithic]] in East Africa
 |[[Uruk period]] [[Chalcolithic]] ([[Copper Age|copper metallurgy]])
 |[[Mehrgarh]]
 |[[Neolithic]] of [[Yang-Shao]] [[rice]]-growing (?)
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 |6500 BP 
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|-bgcolor=#ddffbb
 |7000 BP 
 |[[Cardium Pottery|Cardial]] and [[Linear Pottery culture|Linear Pottery]] ([[Agriculture#History|agriculture]], stock-rearing, [[Pottery]]) [[Starčevo culture|Starčevo]] and [[Vinča culture]] agriculture, stock-rearing ([[pigs]], [[Oxen|bovine]], [[sheep]])
 |[[Neolithic]] of the [[Sahara]]/[[Sahel]] 
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 |[[Ubaid period]] [[Prehistory of Cyprus#Ceramic Neolithic|ceramic Cyprus]] 
 |[[Mehrgarh]][bhirana] haryana
 |[[Hongshan culture]] of Northeast Asia (c. 4700 BC/6700 BP) 
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 |8000 BP 
 |[[Tardenoisian]] cultures (gathering of [[legume]]s) [[Neolithic]] ([[Greece]] and the Eastern Mediterranean ) [[Sesklo]] and [[Choirokoitia]]
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 |[[Neolithic]] with [[ceramic]] [[Ubaid period]]
 |[[Mehrgarh]]Bhirrana (India)
 |[[Neolithic]] of northern [[China]] 
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 |9000 BP 
 |[[Sauveterrian]] cultures Komornica culture
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 |[[Wilton culture|Wiltonian]]
 |Pre-ceramic B Pre-ceramic A [[Neolithic]] in [[Turkey]] ([[wheat]], [[barley]])
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 |[[hunter gatherer]]s of [[Jōmon]] (ancient [[Japan]])
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 |10,000 BP 
 |[[Ahrensburg culture]], [[Azilian]] and Asiloid cultures (northern Spain, southern France) 
 |[[Capsian]]
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 |[[Goats]] domestication [[Zagros]] in [[Iran]] First towns [[Near East]] at [[Aşıklı Höyük]] and [[Jericho]]
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 |[[Hoabinhian]] of Southeast Asia
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|-bgcolor=#ddffbb
 |11,000 BP 
 |Backed point culture ([[Federmesser]]) [[Mezine]] (Ukraine) 
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 | [[Magosian]] 
 | [[Natufian culture|Natufian]] 
 | [[Kandivali#History|Kandivili]] 
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 |[[10000 BC|12,000 BP]] [[Holocene]] began [[Late Glacial Maximum|glacial]] ended (12,000 BP) 
 |[[Magdalenian]] [[Solutrean]] [[Epigravettian]] [[Hamburg culture]]
 | [[Ibero-Maurisian]] [[Mushabian culture|Mushabian]] [[Sebilian]] 
 |[[Lupemban culture]] 
 || [[Kebaran|Kebarian]] [[Antelian|Athlitian]] Beginning of [[Neolithic religion]] at [[Göbekli Tepe]] (Southeastern Turkey) 
 |Bhimbetka rock paintings south Asia
 |pre-Jōmon [[ceramic]] ([[Japan]])
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 |[[Upper Paleolithic|20,000 BP]] [[Last Glacial Maximum|glacial]] at its coldest (20,000 BP) 
 | [[Gravettian]] (France) [[Pavlovian (culture)|Pavlovian]] [[Aurignacian]] ([[Paleolithic art|art]]) [[Kostienki]] (western Russia)
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 | [[Antelian]] [[Aurignacian]] ([[art]])
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 |[[Sơn Vi culture]] ([[northern Vietnam]])
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 |[[Upper Paleolithic|30,000 BP]]
 | [[Châtelperronian]] ''[[Homo neanderthalensis]]'', ''[[Homo sapiens]]'' [[Aurignacian]] ([[Paleolithic art|art]]) [[Szeletian]] (Hungary) 
 | [[Aterian]]
 | [[Stillbay]] 
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 | [[Balangoda Culture]][bhimbetka rock paintings] [[Angara Culture]]
 | [[Sen-Doki]] 
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 |[[Upper Paleolithic|40,000 BP]] Beginning of the [[Upper Paleolithic]] in Europe and [[Late Stone Age]] in Africa
 |First spread of ''[[Anatomically Modern Humans]]'' competing with established ''[[Homo neanderthalensis]]'' [[Chatelperronian]] technology
 |''[[Anatomically Modern Humans]]'' [[Mousterian]] technology
 |''[[Anatomically Modern Humans]]'' [[Mousterian]] technology
 |First spread of ''[[Anatomically Modern Humans]]'' [[Mousterian]] technology
 |'First spread of ''[[Anatomically Modern Humans]]'' [[Mousterian]] technology
 |First spread of ''[[Anatomically Modern Humans]]'' [[Mousterian]] technology
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 |[[Middle Paleolithic|50,000 BP]] 
 |''[[Homo neanderthalensis]]'' [[Mousterian]] technology
 |''[[Anatomically Modern Humans]]'' [[Mousterian]] technology
 |''[[Anatomically Modern Humans]]'' [[Mousterian]] technology
 |''[[Anatomically Modern Humans]]'' [[Mousterian]] technology
 |''[[Homo erectus]]'' [[Acheulean]] and [[Oldowan]]-derived chopper technology (see [[Movius Line]])
 |''[[Homo erectus]]'' [[Oldowan]]-derived chopper technology
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 |[[Middle Paleolithic|80,000 BP]] More complex stone tools - not added as terminology is debated
 |''[[Homo neanderthalensis]]'' [[Mousterian]] technology
 |First spread of ''[[Anatomically Modern Humans]]'' [[Mousterian]] technology
 |''[[Anatomically Modern Humans]]'' [[Mousterian]] technology [[Howiesons Poort]]
 |''[[Anatomically Modern Humans]]'' [[Mousterian]] technology
 |''[[Homo erectus]]'' [[Acheulean]] and [[Oldowan]]-derived chopper technology (see [[Movius Line]])
 |''[[Homo erectus]]'' [[Oldowan]]-derived chopper technology
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 |[[Middle Paleolithic|100,000 BP]] Modern humans spread [[Recent African origin of modern humans|out from Africa]] [[Last glacial period]] (major [[Ice Age]]) begins (110,000,000 BP)
 |''[[Homo neanderthalensis]]'' [[Mousterian]] and [[Clactonian]] technology
 |''[[Homo neanderthalensis]]'' [[Mousterian]] technology
 |Established ''[[Anatomically Modern Humans]]'' [[Mousterian]] technology
 |First spread of ''[[Anatomically Modern Humans]]'' [[Mousterian]] technology
 |''[[Homo erectus]]'' [[Acheulean]] and [[Oldowan]]-derived chopper technology (see [[Movius Line]])
 |''[[Homo erectus]]'' [[Oldowan]]-derived chopper technology
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 |[[Middle Paleolithic|200,000 BP]] Earliest solid evidence for [[Control of fire by early humans|use of fire]]
 |''[[Homo neanderthalensis]]'' [[Clactonian]] technology
 |Archaic ''[[Homo Sapiens]]'' [[Acheulean]] technology
 |Definite rise of ''[[Anatomically Modern Humans]]'' [[Acheulean]] technology
 | ''[[Homo neanderthalensis]]'' [[Acheulean]]
 |''[[Homo erectus]]'' [[Acheulean]] and [[Oldowan]]-derived chopper technology (see [[Movius Line]])
 |''[[Homo erectus]]'' [[Oldowan]]-derived chopper technology
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 |[[Middle Paleolithic|300,000 BP]] The beginning of the [[Middle Paleolithic]] in Europe and [[Middle Stone Age]] in Africa
 |''[[Homo neanderthalensis]]'' [[Acheulian]] and [[Clactonian]] technology
 |Archaic ''[[Homo Sapiens]]'' developing [[Acheulean]] technology
 |Archaic ''[[Homo Sapiens]]'' developing [[Acheulean]] technology
 |''[[Homo ergaster]]'' and ''[[Homo neanderthalensis]]'' [[Acheulean]] technology
 |''[[Homo erectus]]'' [[Acheulean]] and [[Oldowan]]-derived chopper technology (see [[Movius Line]])
 |''[[Homo erectus]]'' [[Oldowan]]-derived chopper technology
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 |[[Lower Paleolithic|400,000 BP]] The first of our species
 |''[[Homo heidelbergensis]]'' and ''[[Homo neanderthalensis]]'' [[Acheulean]] and [[Levallois]] technology
 |''[[Homo heidelbergensis]]'' [[Acheulean]] technology
 |Likely rise of ''[[Homo Sapiens]]'' (based on [[Timeline of human evolution#homo|genetic evidence]]) [[Acheulean]] technology
 |''[[Homo ergaster]]'' and ''[[Homo neanderthalensis]]'' [[Acheulean]] technology
 |''[[Homo erectus]]'' [[Acheulean]] and [[Oldowan]]-derived chopper technology (see [[Movius Line]])
 |''[[Homo erectus]]'' [[Oldowan]]-derived chopper technology
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 |[[Lower Paleolithic|600,000 BP]]
 |''[[Homo heidelbergensis]]'' [[Acheulean]] technology
 |''[[Homo antecessor]]'' [[Acheulean]] technology
 |''[[Homo heidelbergensis]]'' and ''[[Homo antecessor]]'' [[Acheulean]] technology
 |''[[Homo ergaster]]'' [[Acheulean]] technology
 |''[[Homo erectus]]'' [[Acheulean]] and [[Oldowan]]-derived chopper technology (see [[Movius Line]])
 |''[[Homo erectus]]'' [[Oldowan]]-derived chopper technology
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 |[[Lower Paleolithic|1,000,000 BP]]
 |''[[Homo ergaster]]'' [[Oldowan]] technology
 |''[[Homo ergaster]]'' [[Oldowan]] technology
 |''[[Homo antecessor]]'' [[Acheulean]] technology Last [[Australopithecines]]
 |''[[Homo ergaster]]'' [[Acheulean]] technology
 |''[[Homo erectus]]'' [[Acheulean]] and [[Oldowan]]-derived chopper technology (see [[Movius line]]
 |''[[Homo erectus]]'' [[Oldowan]]-derived chopper technology
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 |[[Lower Paleolithic|1,500,000 BP]] The first steps ''[[Early human migrations|out of Africa]]'' and more advanced tools
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 | [[Oldowan]] technology but no fossil preservation
 |''[[Homo habilis]]'', ''[[Homo ergaster]]'' The first [[Acheulean]] technology [[Australopithecines]]
 |''[[Homo ergaster]]'' and/or ''[[Homo erectus|erectus]]'' with [[Oldowan]] technology
 |''[[Homo ergaster]]'' and/or ''[[Homo erectus|erectus]]'' with [[Oldowan]] technology
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 |[[Lower Paleolithic|2,000,000 BP]]
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 |''[[Homo habilis]]'' First appearances of ''[[Homo ergaster]]'' and/or ''[[Homo erectus|erectus]]'' [[Australopithecines]] [[Oldowan]] technology
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 |Possible independent evolution of ''[[Homo erectus#Homo erectus georgicus|Homo erectus]]''
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 |[[Lower Paleolithic|2,500,000 BP]] The first [[stone tools]] The beginning of the [[Pleistocene]]
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 |First appearance of ''[[Homo habilis]]'' and possibly''[[Homo rudolfensis]]'' [[Australopithecines]] The earliest [[Oldowan]] technology
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! Period & [[Climate]]
! [[Prehistoric Europe]]
! [[Prehistoric North Africa|North Africa]], [[West Africa#Prehistory|West Africa]] and [[Sahara#History|Sahara]]
! [[Central Africa]], [[History of South Africa#Prehistory|South]] and [[East Africa#Prehistory|East Africa]]
! [[History of the Middle East|Middle East]]
! [[History of South Asia|South Asia]], and [[History of Central Asia|Central Asia]]
! [[History of East Asia|East Asia]] and [[History of Southeast Asia|South-East Asia]]
! [[List of archaeological periods (North America)|North America]] (now [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada#History|Canada]] and the [[History of Native Americans in the United States|United States]])
! [[Mesoamerican chronology|Central]] and [[Prehistoric South America|South America]]
! [[Prehistory of Australia|Australia]], [[Prehistory of the Philippines|the Philippines]] and [[Austronesian peoples]]
|-bgcolor=#ddffbb
!
!colspan=1|<center> [[Prehistoric Europe]]</center>
!colspan=2|<center> [[Prehistoric Africa]]</center>
!colspan=3|<center> [[Prehistoric Asia]]</center>
!colspan=2|<center> [[Prehistoric Americas]]</center>
!colspan=1|<center> [[Prehistoric Oceania]]</center>
|- bgcolor=#bbbdff
| colspan=10 | <center>'''An Overview of the global past to 1000 [[Before Present|BP]]'''</center>
|- bgcolor=#bbfbff
|} 

''Periods and stages in archaeology – also a [[:Category:Periods and stages in archaeology|sub-category]]'''
* [[Prehistory]] - in need of serious cleanup
** [[Iron Age]]
** [[Bronze Age]]
** [[Chalcolithic]]
** [[Stone Age]]
*** [[Neolithic]]
*** [[Mesolithic]]
*** [[Palaeolithic]]
**** [[Upper Palaeolithic]]
**** [[Middle Palaeolithic]]
**** [[Lower Palaeolithic]]

===Archaeology by region===
Also a [[:Category:Archaeology by region|sub-category]]

**[[African archaeology]]
**[[Asian archaeology]]
**[[Australasian archaeology]]
**[[European archaeology]]
***[[Roman archaeology]]
**[[Near Eastern archaeology]]
**[[Archaeology of the Americas|American archaeology]] – also a [[:Category:Archaeology of the Americas|sub-category]]
***[[North American archaeology]]
***[[South American archaeology]]

*[[List of archaeological periods]] – also in [[:Category:Periods and stages in archaeology|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)]]

** [[List of famous archaeological sites]] – also in [[:Category:Archaeological sites|sub-category]]

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