INTRODUCTION
Interdisciplinary approaches have become popular in many fields of scientific investigation. New methods and approaches are now applied in studying different aspects of past culture even in anthropology. Earlier methods and approaches used were restricted to a particular subject. But today, more and more anthropologists are beginning to look at different socio-cultural aspects from broader perspectives, applying methods or expertise from other, related areas, or collaborating with specialists from completely different research fields.
In archaeological anthropology too, methods and approaches used by other disciplines and experts are being used for a better and holistic understanding of a phenomena. Newer methods incorporating the basics of other disciplines have also been devised and are being in use. In the following we will be discussing three interdisciplinary approaches commonly studied in archaeological anthropology today.
- Environmental Archaeology
- Enthno-Archaeology
- Experimental Archaeology