Formal methods and archaeological theory: A perspective
Jim Doran · World Archaeology · 1986
This paper briefly reviews some of the major developments in the use of formal methods in European and American archaeology over the past decade, looks at the relationship of these methods to archaeological theory and to the controversies concerning it, and then suggests ways in which some particular formal concepts and methods deriving from artificial intelligence research can contribute to the formulation and use of archaeological theory in the future.