Archaeology is the scientific study of cultures. The science focuses on recovering evidence, then documenting and analyzing it, and ending in interpreting the data. Evidence can come from a wide range of sources. Xenoarchaeology is a specialist field of archaeology, dealing with non-Terran cultures. People trained in this science are called archaeologists or xenoarchaeologists (depending on their specialty).
Archaeologists[]
Aboard Starfleet starships and other installations, an archaeology and anthropology officer was an archaeologist familiar with a wide range of cultures.
Some archaeologists included USS Prospect-A officers Anne Lansing and Amy Peale and USS Pendragon commanding officer Timothy Sinclair (Star Trek: The Prospect Chronicles; Star Trek: Shabonee; Star Trek: Pendragon) . An alien technologies officer was sometimes an archaeologist as well. (Star Trek: Avenger)
Dr. Kenneth Lillington-Hughes was a famous Federation archaeologist in the mid- to late-24th century. USS Cantabrian commanding officer Captain Noah Wrightson had several of his works. (Star Trek: The Cantabrian Expeditions: "Catalyst, Part One")
One of Eliaseth Castien's hobbies was archaeology. (Star Trek: Saints of Infinity)
Starbase 804 had a family of Klingon archaeologists amongst its crew around 2371. (ST novel: The Return)
Samok was an archaeologist aboard the USS Odyssey. One of his passions was studying the Preservers. (Typhon Station)
Institutes of higher learning with archaeology programs[]
The Galen Institute was a higher learning institution dedicated to archaeology, founded sometime after 2370. (Star Trek: Dark Horizon; Star Trek: Pendragon)
The Jackson Center for Archaeology in Chicago was known for its fringe views. (Star Trek: Pendragon)
The archaeology program at the University of Alpha Centauri was considered one of the best in the Federation. (Star Trek: The Lost Era novel: The Buried Age; Star Trek: Pendragon)
External links[]
- Archaeology article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
- Archaeology article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.
- Archaeology article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.