Ethnoarchaeology is the ethnographic study of peoples for archaeological reasons, usually through the study of the material remains of a society (see David & Kramer 2001). Ethnoarchaeology aids archaeologists in reconstructing ancient lifeways by studying the material and non-material traditions of modern societies. Archaeologists can then infer t...
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The study of human behaviour and the material culture of living societies, in order to see how materials enter the archaeological record, and thus to provide hypotheses explaining the production,...
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ethnoarchaeology, ethnoarcheology 1. The branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures. 2. The use of archaeological/archeological techniques and data to study living cultures; especially, current or recent aboriginal groups; such as, the Inuit or Bushmen. The study of contemporary cultures with a view to understanding...
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the branch of archaeology that studies contemporary primitive cultures and technologies as a way of providing analogies and thereby patterns for prehistoric cultures.
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