The study of cultural material (such as pots, weapons, and tools), the understanding of
how and why these materials were used, and interpretations on what they were used for.
Often, ethnoarchaeologists study living people and their use of materials to enhance their
understanding of past-day uses of similar materials.
-ethnoarchaeology completely developed only over the past 20-25 years
-Lewis Binford: an ethnoarchaeologist who devoted a lot of time and research to the
study of a hunter-gatherer group of Alaska, the Nunamiut Eskimo.