 ##  [Ethnoarchaeology](/ethnoarchaeology) 

  ##  [Ethnoarchaeology](https://humanitites.quantumdictionary.io/ethnoarchaeology-0) 

  
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**Humanities &amp; Arts Dictionary**

 
Definition

A comparative archaeological method that studies the material practices, production techniques, use‑life, discard patterns, and formation processes of contemporary or recent societies with the explicit purpose of generating analogies, models, and heuristics to interpret archaeological remains.