Archaeoecology

NOUN ● /ˌÄRKĒŌ,ˈIˈKÄLƏJĒ/

The branch of science that employs the archaeological record, including both intentionally curated remains of the past as well as the incidental environmental record, to recreate past complex ecosystems while also accounting for the human place in those ecosystems.

(Crabtree and Dunne, 2021, In Press. Toward a Science of Archaeoecology).