The use of computers and complex software is pervasive in archaeology, yet their role in the
analytical pipeline is rarely exposed for other researchers to inspect or reuse. This limits the …

A new edition of The Archaeologist's Laboratory has been long overdue. Not only have
things changed in our discipline over the last two decades, I have long wanted to give the …

This study explores issues in using data generated by other analysts. Three researchers
independently analyzed an orphaned, decades-old zooarchaeological dataset and then …

With the advent of the Web, increased emphasis on “research data management,” and
innovations in reproducible research practices, scholars have more incentives and …

How do archaeologists share their research data, if at all? We review what data are,
according to current influential definitions, and previous work on the benefits, costs, and …

In archaeology, we are accustomed to investing great effort into collecting data from
fieldwork, museum collections, and other sources, followed by detailed description, rigorous …

Archaeological theory and archaeological science have traditionally been characterized as
concerned with different issues and unable to interact productively. In this chapter, we …

Archaeological data are shadowy in a number of senses. They are notoriously incomplete
and fragmentary, and the sedimented layers of interpretive scaffolding on which …

Many archaeologists, as primarily social scientists, do not have a background in the natural
sciences. This can pose a problem because they need to obtain chemical and physical …

A fundamental task of archaeology is to address challenging scientific questions related to
the complexity of human societies. If we are to systematically understand the processes that …