section_path: Academic sub-disciplines/Historical archaeology
section_name: Historical archaeology
paragraph_text: Historical archaeology
  
  Historical archaeology is the study of cultures with some form of writing and deals with objects and issues from the past.
  
  In medieval Europe, archaeologists have explored the illicit burial of unbaptized children in medieval texts and cemeteries. In downtown New York City, archaeologists have exhumed the 18th century remains of the African Burial Ground. When remnants of the WWII Siegfried Line were being destroyed, emergency archaeological digs took place whenever any part of the line was removed, to further scientific knowledge and reveal details of the line's construction.