Salvage Archaeology

Abstract

Archaeology is the scientific study of an inquiry by analyzing the material remains of ancient human occupations. It embraces the whole range of ancient culture –architecture, epigraphy, sculpture and paintings, ceramics cults, industry, institution, and history branch of archaeology devoted to studying artifacts and features on sites which are imminently threatened by development in the form of the construction of dams, buildings, highways, etc. Threats to archaeological remains occur in the form of road-building, road improvement, the new building of houses, offices, and industrial complexes, the flooding of valleys for reservoirs, and improved farming techniques involving the use of deep plowing. The Nagarjunasagar Dam is the tallest masonry dam in the world. The excavated remains of the Buddhist civilization were reconstructed and preserved at a museum on the island situated in the midst of the man-made Nagarjunasagar Lake.