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The Annaliste or structural history approach to archaeology provides a powerful model for discussing the processes that shape human societies. This approach is especially fruitful for historical archaeology where documents can bolster information recovered from the archaeological record. The Annales paradigm traces its roots to the end of the nineteenth century when in response to dissatisfaction with the traditional approaches and methods of history, geography, and the social sciences, French scholars such as geographer Vidal de la Blache, sociologist Emile Durkheim, and historian Henri Berr began advocating a more generalizing approach to the study of society and culture.
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Sweitz, S.R. (2012). Methodological Approaches to the Social and Economic Dynamics of Life on a Hacienda. In: On the Periphery of the Periphery. Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology, vol 3. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1496-4_4
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