What is the Difference Between New Archaeology and Processual Archaeology: Unpacking the Paradigm Shift
Understanding the Shift: New Archaeology vs. Processual Archaeology I remember sitting in my first undergraduate archaeology seminar, the professor gesturing wildly at a whiteboard, talking about “artifacts as data” and “testing hypotheses.” Honestly, at first, it all sounded like a foreign language. We were dissecting pottery shards and flint tools, but the conversation was soaring…