This Element aims to provide readers with a reflexive and comprehensive overview of what it is that archaeologists do. The goal is to shift the reader's perspective of archaeology away from seeing it as a primarily data gathering field, to a clearer understanding of how archaeologists make and use t...

This Element aims to provide readers with a reflexive and comprehensive overview of what it is that archaeologists do. The goal is to shift the reader's perspective of archaeology away from seeing it as a primarily data gathering field, to a clearer understanding of how archaeologists make and use the data they uncover.