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How archaeologists decide what counts as evidence is itself a theoretical act — this volume unpacks the hidden frameworks shaping how we reconstruct the past.
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Theory Briefing
- Volume 10 compiles cutting-edge archaeological methodologies, showing how technique choices directly shape what historical conclusions are possible.
- Advances in dating, spatial analysis, and material culture theory push archaeology closer to a rigorous social science than a humanities discipline.
- The volume highlights how competing theoretical frameworks — processual vs. post-processual — lead researchers to radically different interpretations of the same dig site.