##  [Behavioral Archaeology](/index.php/behavioral-archaeology) 

  ##  [Behavioral Archaeology](https://humanitites.quantumdictionary.io/behavioral-archaeology-0) 

  

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Definition

A perspective that links repeated human activities and decision‑making to the spatial, material and compositional patterns preserved in the archaeological record, emphasizing formation processes (deposition, use, decay) and the inferential steps required to move from pattern to past behavior.