Abstract

Archaeology is a domain that studies material remains of past action in order to interpret past context and understand social structures and cultural dynamics. The archaeological record is the primary research object of archaeologists. It consists of static material traces of past events in the present and, by itself, it does not inform us about the past. The meaning of the archaeological record can be understood only by studying it, i.e. how the material remains were formed and what might have been the past events that produced this kind of record.One of the problems archaeology faces is that archaeologists study past people, objects, and events, but as the past does not exist...