Xenoarchaeology/Legends

"Basic rule of xenoarchaeology: You don't unleash a foreign technology into a population center, especially one with a man-machine interface."

―Captain Golah

A xenoarchaeologist

Xenoarchaeology was the study of vanished alien cultures through the scientific analysis of the artifacts left behind. It was closely related to xenosociology.

Known xenoarchaeologists included the Rodian Suz Tanwa, the Brizzit Tzizvvt, the Sullustan Blibbie, and the Human doctors Anki Pace, Fasha Dansun, Angrail Ryhl, Henrietya Antilles, Garv Debble, and Milanda Vorgan. Dr. Shilaea Motacc, an experienced amateur in archaeology, was a professional of different sciences. The Kallidahin were considered xenoarchaeologists, though they only researched their own possible ancestors, the Eellayin.

The worlds of the Gree Enclave were especially attractive to xenoarchaeologists, as they contained exotic artifacts and advanced technology since lost to the wider galaxy.

Behind the scenes

A xenoarchaeologist was one of the templates in Heroes & Rogues, a sourcebook for Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.

Appearances

• Star Wars: The Old Republic
• Head in the Clouds
• Dooku Spotted in Gree Enclave — HoloNet News Vol. 531 #54 (content now obsolete; backup link)
• Splinter of the Mind's Eye (First mentioned)
• "Wildfire"—The Kathol Outback
• The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide I: Onslaught

Sources

• A Guide to the Star Wars Universe
• "Yavin: The Big Red One" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• Heroes & Rogues
• "From the Files of Corellia Antilles" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 14
• Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
•  Tzizvvt in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
• Strongholds of Resistance
• Lords of Nal Hutta

Notes and references

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