Abstract
Processual archaeology (also called New Archaeology) is a form of archeological practice that was developed in North America during the 1960s and 1970s, primarily under the leadership of Lewis R. Binford. Advocates emphasized archaeology as a generalizing social science, rather than as a particularistic form of history or of the humanities. ‘Postprocessual archaeology’ is a phrase coined by Ian Hodder for a series of alternative approaches to archaeological interpretation that arose in Europe during the 1980s–90s. Postprocessual archaeology is briefly characterized in this entry with reference to its most popular themes, and to a prominent example: the multiyear, interdisciplinary work directed by Ian Hodder at Çatalhöyük in south central Turkey.
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