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ethnoarchæology|ˌɛθnəʊɑːkiːˈɒlədʒɪ|
[f. ethno- + archæology.]
The study of the relationship between the social and economic operation of modern societies and the durable evidence left by these societies, in order to attempt to reconstruct human behaviour patterns in a former society in the light of its material remains.
1969Plateau XLII. 27 It appeared to be an excellent area in which to test some of the problems of ethno-archaeology. 1973Amer. Antiquity XXXVIII. 122/1 Only with the data of ethnography and ethno-archaeology can we merge archaeology and cultural anthropology. 1980R. A. Gould Living Archaeol. 3 Termed ethnoarchaeology in most quarters, this approach represents an attempt by archaeologists to overcome the limitations of their data in interpreting past human behavior. 1984Nature 1 Mar. 88/3 He..draws upon ethnography, ethnoarchaeology and nutritional research to build a case for nutritionally conditioned selectivity on the part of the bison hunters.
Hence ˌethnoarchæoˈlogical a.; ˌethnoarchæˈologist.
1968J. D. Clark in Lee & DeVore Man the Hunter xxx. 278/2 This emphasizes the urgent need for ‘ethnoarchaeological’ studies of such extant ‘Stone Age’ groups while they still exist. 1980Nature 20 Mar. 215/2 Other ethnoarchaeological work has examined in detail the processes of fragmentation and preservation of animal bone. 1981Sci. Amer. May 34/3 These days it appears probable that time devoted to econometrics, statistics and materials science repays a working ethnoarchaeologist much sooner than time spent with the philosophers, old or new. |