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Experimental Archaeology

Scientific definitions of “experimental archaeology” emphasize key words such as exploring, testing, and imitation. Archaeological data and observations are key elements in experiments, whether the researcher is testing hypotheses derived from archaeological deposits or objects, innovative approaches to documentation and excavation, or the formation of
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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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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 Archaeology: A New Outlook

American Antiquity, 1973
AbstractThe potential contributions which imitative experiments can make to archaeology are far greater in scope, complexity, and overall "value" than is commonly realized. A sketch of some of these potential contributions is given and, in support of the claims advanced, a method of measuring the efficiency of hand operated implements is described and ...
Stephen C. Saraydar, Izumi Shimada
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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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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 the Tropics

Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 2004
When at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria in the 1970s, Professor Thurstan Shaw established an experimental archaeological reserve on the territory of the International Institute of Tropical Agri...
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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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The archaeology of climate change: The case for cultural diversity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021
Ariane Burke, Matthew Peros, Colin D Wren   +2 more
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