The Practical Impact of Science on Near Eastern and Aegean Archaeology

Introductory Comments

“…One particularly exciting aspect of these directions, though, is that they are increasingly integrated into archaeology, remoulding the discipline. We hope that this series of papers shows the ‘ways in which science can elaborate on the information available from archaeological data’, and how the trends towards analytical refinement and resolution in archaeological chemistry strongly contribute to the ‘attempt to interpret and understand the analytical results in social or cultural terms’ (Knapp 2002, 141, emphasis in original).…”