Early in the advent of western science, archaeologists employed ‘migration’ as an axiomatic explanatory approach to cultural change rather than a dynamic social process. These scientific advances accompany a theoretical acknowledgement of the complexity of past human movement an acknowledgement that reflects the culmination of decades of archaeological thought around the subject of human mobility. ![]() Past mobility studies have been among the domains of archaeological scientific enquiry that have benefitted the most from relevant advances in ancient DNA, isotopes and agent-based modelling approaches. As stated by Kristian Kristiansen in 2014, this revolution embraces new developments in archaeological sciences (genetic and stable isotopes analysis) and new methodological trends in relation to statistical quantification and modelling. ![]() The recent EAA meeting in Maastricht selected as a general theme the “Third Scientific Revolution” in archaeology.
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