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Introduction to experimental archaeology

World Archaeology, 2008
If one takes a scientific and ‘positivist’ view (Popper 1959), then experimentation is part of a ‘hypothetico-deductive’ process.
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Experimental Archaeology towards Experiencing Archaeology

2015
This resource is a single blog post created as part of the Day of Archaeology initiative. The Day of Archaeology project aimed to provide a window into the daily lives of archaeologists from all over the world. The project asked people working, studying or volunteering in the archaeological world to participate in a 'Day of Archaeology' each year by ...
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Experimental Design and Experimental Inference in Stone Artifact Archaeology

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2017
Lithic researchers rely heavily on experimentation to infer past behaviors and activities based on stone artifacts. This paper explores the analogical nature of archaeological inference and the relationship between experimental design and inference validity in stone artifact experimentation. We show that actualistic flintknapping lacks vital aspects of
Lin, Sam C, Rezek, Zeljko, Dibble, Harold L   +2 more
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Experimentation in Archaeology

After a brief overview of the history of archaeological experimentation which has not yet been established as a sub-discipline, this chapter presents four recent examples of experimentation focusing on questions relating to Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
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Experimental archaeology in Denmark

Norwegian Archaeological Review, 1990
When experimental archaeology began 100–150 years ago, it was carried out scientifically alongside regular archaeology. However, while general archaeology has continued intensively, scientific experimental archaeology has continued very sporadically during this century. The fact that there is a considerable amount of so‐called ‘experimental archaeology’
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Contributions of Experimental Archaeology

2013
This chapter shows how experimental methods can be used for modeling the science embodied in technologies, especially of traditional societies. Replication experiments, which begin with a question about a particular artifact, supply insights into manufacture (and other) processes by representing, in a recipe, the sequence of interactions among people ...
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Putting the Experimental Into Archaeology!

2017
This resource is a single blog post created as part of the Day of Archaeology initiative. The Day of Archaeology project aimed to provide a window into the daily lives of archaeologists from all over the world. The project asked people working, studying or volunteering in the archaeological world to participate in a 'Day of Archaeology' each year by ...
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Replication and experimental archaeology

Historical Archaeology, 1992
The construction or replication of objects, assemblies, or processes, and their subsequent testing are the next steps in any complete exercise in anthropological archaeology. This has been called “experimental archaeology,” because it allows testing of conclusions reached through normal avenues of research, fine-tunes these conclusions, or determines ...
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Experimental Archaeology Rocks

2016
This resource is a single blog post created as part of the Day of Archaeology initiative. The Day of Archaeology project aimed to provide a window into the daily lives of archaeologists from all over the world. The project asked people working, studying or volunteering in the archaeological world to participate in a 'Day of Archaeology' each year by ...
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Living Archaeology. Unveiling the Past through Experimental Archaeology

Despite the wealth of material remains uncovered by archaeology, our understanding of how people in the past lived, worked, and thought remains fragmentary, especially fort he most ancient times. Many aspects of ancient technologies and daily practicesare poorly documented in the archaeological record.
Mathias, Cyrielle, Bourguignon, Laurence, Ivorra, Jerome, Viallet, Cyril   +3 more
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