Behavioral Archaeology

Behavioral archaeology is a subfield of archaeology focused on understanding past human behaviors through the study of artifacts, features, and site patterns. It seeks to interpret how people lived, worked, and interacted by analyzing the way objects were used and discarded. This approach emphasizes the connection between material remains and the actions or decisions that created them, providing insights into daily life, social organization, and cultural practices of ancient communities. Essentially, behavioral archaeology aims to reconstruct human behaviors and choices behind the physical traces they left behind.