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Settlement archaeology (German: Siedlungsarchäologie) is a branch of modern archaeology. It investigates former settlements and deserted areas, forms of housing and settlements, and the prehistoric settlement of entire regions.
Settlement Archaeology is defined as the study of societal relationships using archaeological data. A separate approach is required because of the inadequacy of the concept of “phase” or “culture” for the investigation of this sort of problem.
- Bruce G. Trigger
- 1967
Mar 1, 2022 · The settlement—a place on a landscape where a human group lives and interacts—has become such a fundamental social and material concept in archaeology that it is rarely explicitly defined. The breadth of meaning built into the term allows it to transcend regional, temporal, and contextual differences in site form, size, and composition.
Jun 8, 2023 · Rather, the paper focuses on one specific approach to gaining settlement data, namely archaeological field survey, and how the work conducted in China and with material from China has been contributing to broader global debates on methods of and approaches to settlement archaeology.
Nov 1, 2015 · The settlement—a place on a landscape where a human group lives and interacts—has become such a fundamental social and material concept in archaeology that it is rarely explicitly defined.
Mar 8, 2008 · This is a critical review of regional settlement pattern archaeology published in the last decade. The regional approach proves to be highly productive of new ideas and lasting results. Cultural resource/heritage databases are increasingly important.
In recent times archaeologists have been studying settlement patterns through two approaches - ecological and organisational - both ultimately dealing with the behavioural patterns in various spheres in the prehistoric cultures.
