Modelling Human Behaviour through Ethnoarchaeology: Ethnoarchaeology as Long-Term Traditional Knowledge (L-TeK)

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Modelling Human Behaviour through Ethnoarchaeology: Ethnoarchaeology as Long-Term Traditional Knowledge (L-TeK)" at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

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Recent scholarly works have consistently highlighted the potential of archaeology and deep historical insights to contribute to the attainment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). The incorporation Traditional (TK), Local (LK), and Indigenous People’s Knowledge (IPK), into the framework of sustainable development has recently gained traction. While these forms of non-Western (non-academic) knowledge encapsulate millennia of experiential wisdom, the insights derived from <b>Long-Term Knowledge (L-TeK)</b> have yet to be fully harnessed. Designing solutions to today’s challenges based on the analysis of short-term data can lead to negative results and multi-faceted approaches are needed, involving mapping present-day traditional practices and investigating how past societies responded to the challenge of sustainably managing resources. This posits <b>ethnoarchaeological data as the most potent proxies for L-TeK</b>. We invite contributions highlighting how ethnoarchaeological and or experimental data can help in building frameworks to address current challenges. We specifically target works that use quantitative and or modeling data that can help in building models that can be applied widely, overcoming the particularity of single case studies. Contributions can be both theoretical or practical examples and applications. We also welcome critical contributions that favor more traditional ethnoarchaeological approaches to stimulate discussion.

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Other Keywords
Experimental Archaeology • Archaeometry & Materials Analysis • Ethnography/Ethnoarchaeology • Worldwide

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  1. Dung Microremains as Archaeological Evidence of Pastoral Practices: Exploring Low Impact Methodology to Understand Early Navajo Sheepherding in Northwest New Mexico (2025)
  2. The dynamics of crop spectra in the highlands of Odisha: an ethnoarchaeobotanical perspective (2025)
  3. An Ethno-Microarchaeological Approach to Developing a Multi-Proxy Methodology for Identifying Human Use of Dung as Fuel and Construction Material (2025)
  4. Ethnographic Analogy for the Study of MSA Hunter-Gatherers Complexity: Potential and Limitations (2025)
  5. <html>Looking at the Present to Understand the Past or <i>vice versa</i>? The Role of Long-Term Knowledge in Present and Future Policies</html> (2025)
  6. Keeping People at the Center of Long-Term Knowledge Transfer (2025)
  7. The long road: the role and the limits of ethnoarchaeology in the study of pastoralism (2025)
  8. Mapping Seasonal Sites: A High-Resolution Ethnoarchaeological Analysis of Material Culture and Faunal Remains in Mobile Pastoralist Campsites (2025)
  9. Modeling Human Behavior for Sustainable Development: An Ethnoarchaeological Perspective on Food Storage. (2025)
  10. On the Limits of Ethnographic Analogy: Ontology and the Self in Casas Grandes. (2025)
  11. Traditional Living and Production Practices Based on Animal Husbandry in the Melendiz Region: Ethnographic and Ethnoarchaeological Approaches (2025)
  12. Women’s Gardens, Long-Term Ecological Knowledge, and Deep Historical Insights in the Upper Amazon (2025)