Question

explain the meaning of the following terms and concepts: material culture, numismatics,epigraphy,palaeography, vertical and horizontal excavation,megaliths, archaeology inscription, secular literature.​

Answer 1

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Material culture:-

Material culture is the aspect of social reality grounded in the objects and architecture that surround people. It includes the usage, consumption, creation, and trade of objects as well as the behaviors, norms, and rituals that the objects create or take part in.

Numismatics-

the study or collection of coins, banknotes, and medals.

Epigraphy:-

the study and interpretation of ancient inscriptions.

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