Scope and Purpose of Archaeology - Diverse archaeological purposes and to be a long debate. Among these are the so-called archaeological paradigm, which is preparing the history of culture, understanding human behavior, and understand the process of cultural change. Because it aims to understand human culture, then this science belongs to the group of the humanities. Nevertheless, there are various scientific aids used, among others, history, anthropology, geology (the science of earth-forming layer is the reference relative age of an archaeological findings), geography, architecture, and bioantropologi paleoanthropology, physics (among others with carbon c- 14 to obtain the absolute pertanggalan), the science of metallurgy (to get the elements of a metal object), and philology (study the old manuscripts).

Archaeology in the present summarizes various related fields. For example, the discovery of the bodies are buried will attract experts from various fields to learn about the clothing and the type of materials used, the form of ceramics and the way the spread, confidence through what was interred with the corpse, chemists are able to determine the age of minerals by means of such methods of measurement carbon 14. While genetic experts who want to know the movement of ancient human migration, researching DNA.

In particular, archaeologists studying the cultural past, which is old age, both in prehistoric times (before known writings), as well as the historical period (when there is written evidence). In its development, archeology can also learn about the culture of today, as popularized in the modern material culture studies (modern material culture).

Because it depends on the relics of the past, then in desperate need of preservation of archaeological objects such as a data source. Therefore, later developed other disciplines, namely the management of archaeological resources (Archaeological Resources Management), or more broadly the cultural resource management (CRM, Culture Resources Management).

Archaeology Definition - Archaeology, derived from Greek, archaeo which means "ancient" and logos, "science". Alternative name of archeology is a science of history of material culture. Archaeology is the study of culture (human) past through systematic review of the data material left behind. Systematic review covers the discovery, documentation, analysis, and interpretation of data in the form of artifacts (material culture, such as stone axes and temple) and ekofak (environmental objects, like rocks, form the earth, and fossils) and features (artefaktual that can not be released from place (archaeological site) .. typical research technique is digging (excavation) archaeological, although the survey also received a sizable portion.

Anomalocaridid, Ancient Giant Shrimp - Fossils of shrimp-like predator with a length of 1 meter is found in southeast Morocco. The animal has the largest size in its kind and is expected to dominate the seas in pre-dinosaurs for millions of years.

Animals called Anomalocaridid ​​it like shrimp and cuttlefish. One prominent part in his head and circular. Covered their mouths and opens and closes like a camera diaphragm.

Anomalocaridid ​​before finding the largest, measuring 0.6 meters. Size as that alone makes it the largest animal in the Cambrian period (542 to 501 million years ago), as invertebrates evolved into many different things.

Besides size, another thing is striking about this discovery is a relatively young age of the fossil, estimated age of 488 to 472 years ago. "This animal turned out to live 30 years longer than expected," says Derek Briggs, Director of the Yale Peabody Museum, who participated in the study.

Anomalocaridid ​​spread widely during the Cambrian period, but begin not found in the era 510 million years ago. "What they are extinct or are we looking in the wrong place?" Briggs says can not answer the mystery. Apparently, the soft tissue is damaged before the fossil is formed. Especially for the fossils found in Morocco, the scientists are lucky because the sediment around it makes the animal preserved.

Anomalocaridid ​​ultimately did not result in extinction and modern descendants. "Replaced fish and other marine predators," said Briggs explained.

Traces of the Crocodile God Temple in Egypt - Egyptian archaeological sights increased again with the inclusion of the temple shrine crocodile god into the tourism map. The Egyptian government earlier this month has opened a tourist information center in Madinet, Madi, Fayoum area located south of Cairo. At that location there is a temple dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek was named as the patron god of Scedet region.

The temple was built during the reign of Amenemhat III (about 1859-1813 BC) and Amenemhat IV (about 1814-1805 BC) is equipped with two paths in the middle there is a statue of a lion and the sphinx. Inside are 10 Coptic church of the 5th century up to the 7th and the ruins of the Ptolemaic temple dedicated to the crocodile god.

The temple has a vaulted barrel structure that is used for incubating the eggs of crocodiles. According to the Edda Bresciani, the Egyptian historian from Pisa University, the structure shows that the temple was used as a breeding place of the sacred crocodiles. At the time of excavation (digging), his team discovered dozens of crocodile eggs with different levels of maturity in a hole covered with a layer of sand. While in the room nearby they found a well maintained pool.

According to Bresciani, the crocodiles were brought up only to be killed. Then after embalmed, the crocodiles were sold to pilgrims who visit Sobek temple. Another evidence that reinforces the business sacred crocodile was found in another building nearby, where there are other ponds and found 60 other crocodile eggs.

Smallest Dinosaurs (Ashdown Maniraptoran), It's in the UK - New type of dinosaur species found in fossil excavation in Britain may be recorded as the smallest dinosaur in the world. Dinosaur named Ashdown maniraptoran it has a body length of about one foot (30.48 cm) with a weight of 200 grams. He probably lived in the period 145 million years to 100 million years ago.

"Like other maniraptor, this species was small, hairy, walks on two legs, like a bird, short-tailed, long-necked, long-legged and lean back, and has front claws that hairy body parts," explained Darren Naish, honorary research assistant at the School of Earth & Environmetal Sciences University of Portsmouth, England, told Discovery News.

This species is found along with Steven Sweetman when analyzing the remains of dinosaurs in Pivensey excavations at Ashdown Brickworks Pit, a site located in the northwest of Bexhill, East Sussex.

Naish and Sweetman concluded, fossils they found was a species of dinosaur that has not been documented. The reason is, there are no dinosaur names that are maniraptor of rocks of the same age and from the same area. However, the discovery of dinosaur skulls has not made the researchers have not been able to conclude this maniraptoran Ashdown food.

However, Naish suspect, based on oviraptosaurus maniraptor and others, including omnivorous dinosaur that prey on small animals such as insects, in addition to eating leaves and fruits. In addition, the added Naish, Ashdown maniraptoran gait similar to other theropod, that is with the body and tail are in a horizontal position.

Toughest competitors maniraptoran Ashdown as a candidate smallest non-avian dinosaurs in the world today is Anchiornis from China, which has a body length of about 30 centimeters to 40 centimeters. However, it has not been established, how long exactly.

How Mammals Giant Growth Process? If now we know the elephant as the largest mammal on land, at 25 to 35 million years ago also develops the giant mammals larger than an elephant. Height giant mammals that could reach more than 5 feet and weighs thousands of pounds was reached.

One of the largest mammals recorded are Indricotherium transouralicum. The creature's height can reach 5.5 meters, 9.2 meters long, and weigh 20-30 tons.

Side by side with this animal, there are also other mammals that are large at the time. All the super class of mammals, according to expert opinion, is a herbivore.