Scientific Conference
Methodology & Archaeometry

Having in mind limited information we obtain from archaeological excavations and the classification of archaeological material, cooperation with other scientific disciplines become necessary, to obtain as much information as possible on the conditions and the way in which humans lived in the past. Contemporary archaeology is a very heterogeneous discipline encompassing interest groups focussed on various periods, regions, theoretical frameworks and methodological techniques. Aside from the description of mechanical and physical features of a specific artefact or material, various arhaeometrical analyses help us to direct our scientific focus to questions regarding the ways and features included in the social and cultural life of people who made, used, exchanged and discarded those objects. Cooperation with the natural sciences provides answers to many questions, but it also demands an additional level of caution when selecting adequate scientific analysis for a specific archaeological problem. It also demands continuous cooperation of a specific expert and an archaeologist from sample collection to the final interpretation.