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Processual archaeology originated in American archaeology, where analysing historical change over time had proved difficult with existing technology. Processual archaeology (formerly, the New Archaeology) is a form of archaeological theory.
William A. Longacre II (December 16, 1937 - November 18, 2015) was an American archaeologist and one of the founders of the processual "New Archaeology" of the 1960s. Early life [ edit ]
Archaeological theory refers to the various intellectual frameworks through which archaeologists interpret archaeological data. Archaeological theory functions as the application of philosophy of science to archaeology, and is occasionally referred to as philosophy of archaeology.
More than 600 archive boxes, from various historical periods, were shifted to a new purpose-built facility at the Archaeological Resource Centre (ARC) at Chester House Estate in Irchester.
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Experimental archaeometallurgy is a subset of experimental archaeology that specifically involves past metallurgical processes most commonly involving the replication of copper and iron objects as well as testing the methodology behind the production of ancient metals and metal objects.
"Behavioural Archaeology" was first published by Michael B. Schiffer, J. Jefferson Reid, and William L. Rathje in 1975 in the American Anthropologist journal. [1] Leading up to the publication, archaeology as a discipline was expanding in its practice and theory due to the specialisation of various areas and new ideas that were being presented to the community.
The direct historical approach to archaeology was a methodology developed in the United States of America during the 1920s-1930s by William Duncan Strong and others, which argued that knowledge relating to historical periods is extended back into earlier times. This methodology involves taking an archaeological site that has historical accounts ...