Archaeology as a Science of Terrorism in the 21 st Century
Lolita Nikolova · 2015
Abstract-motivation Archaeology is one of the most ancient sciences in the history of human intellectual traditions. The roots have been traced in the prehistoric tells where the ancient people dug pits and in such way had developed the intellectual tradition of cultural memory. In early 21 st century because of the multi-aspect terrorism all people have one and the same social status from perspectives of security – insecure social status. The scientists from all branches may help to change the situation by development a knowledge on terrorism which help to prevent it. Terrorism is like most dangerous social disease and needs a special attention, This article approaches archaeology of terrorism as an actual topic and develops a strategy in studying the terrorism from archaeological perspectives to have strong positive social impact on society. Introduction Archaeology is one of the earliest sciences in human history. It is by definition a science since science means something what can be proved (vs faith). Science and faith have been in a dialog since the beginning of the cultural history of human civilization and archaeology in most of the cases has taken the side of science. Following the positive approach, we may need to trace the earliest date of archaeology as a proved knowledge of materiality in the prehistoric period of creating of the tells (the multilevel settlements) in Eurasia, since the ancient communities had the vision about the material past and by digging their garbage pits, they made the first excavations and had direct contact with pieces of culture which in some cases were thousands of years old. In such way archaeology from the beginning has become an important marker of cultural continuity and cultural identity, advancing as a cultural discipline in the source of development of human intellectual traditions (Trigger, 2006). Building a bridge from the earliest pages of archaeology toward 21