The objective of archaeology are to document and explicate the origins and growth of human culture, know culture history, chronicle cultural development, and study human behavior and ecology, for both prehistoric and historic societies. Archaeology is the study of human cultures through the revival, support and analysis of material remains and environmental data, with architecture, artifacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes.
It is believed, in North America, to be one of the four sub-areas of anthropology. Rajasthan has been a place of importance to both the archeologists and the geologists. Kalibanga and Akal Wood Fossil Park are two such sites that attract them the most.
Kalibanga
The small town of Kalibanga is located in Hanumangarh district and is 205 km from Bikaner. Archaeologists have demonstrated the existence of the Indus Valley civilization in the Thar desert and the remains of pre-Harappan settlements and Harappa have been discovered here have played an important role in his assumption.
Archaeological evidence shows that Kalibanga found in Rajasthan had been an important center for the ceramic industry as the paintings of ancient pottery found in this place has great designs like Harappa. Although contemporary ceramics Rajasthan has a clear influence of the ceramic industry of the Indus Valley and crafts related.
Akal Wood Fossil Park:
17 km from Jaisalmer, fossil wood Aakal Park which houses fossils, which are 180 million years! Geological landmarks considered these fossils to recreate the Jurassic world before us when the whole Thar desert was under water, as showed by a legend in the Ramayana (the great epic of the Hindu religion).
The park extends over the area of 10 square kilometers and boasts of 25 petrified trunks, the largest of 13 m long. It is believed that the area was once covered with thick forests of trees without flowers, mainly comprising of Deodar and Chir.
It is believed that the sea retreated about 36 million years ago and left behind a fossil forest in this area and wood fossils, it has given ample evidence for geologists who believe that a warm and humid climate, possibly existed in the region 180 million years ago and the area has been under the sea on four different occasions.
