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Introduces the history of interaction between science and archaeology and some of the pressing issues archaeology recognizes and deals with as an archaeological science. Stresses the natural science and engineering methods archaeologists use in tackling such problems and how those methods have become part of the archaeological tool kit. And how science aids to dating and interpretation of past environments; analysis of archaeological food residues; scientific examination of raw materials and artifacts; mortality, disease, and behavior as reconstructed from human remains. |