Background Research and Literature Review

The first step in any archaeological investigation is finding out what there already is known about a particular area or culture group. Here's how to do that.

Oral History Interviews
Interviewing people who know about archaeological sites or cultures can be a very fruitful way to gather information for a research paper or background research.

Literature Review: Top Places to Find Out about Archaeological Sites or Cultures
Literature review is an essential part of background research, conducted by an archaeologist prior to beginning archaeological studies in a region or on an archaeological site.

Predictive Modelling
Predictive modelling involves figuring out what environmental and social variables are attractive reasons for people choosing to live in a particular space, and using that information to predict where archaeological sites might be.

Background Research
The term 'background research' refers to the collection of previously published and unpublished information about an archaeological site or region.

Cultural Historical Method
The cultural-historical method is a way of conducting anthropological and archaeological research developed by V.G. Childe and Franz Boas.

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