Industrial Archaeology

The archaeological study of the period and sites of the Industrial Revolution and later. It involves the discovery, recording, and study of the material remains of past industrial activities, covering ways of making, transporting and distributing things.

The study of the material remains of past industrial activities, covering ways of making, transporting and distributing things. It can apply to material of any age, but the term is most often applied to post-medieval archaeology, and especially to the archaeology of the Industrial Revolution in Britain and Western Europe.