Editing Lewis Binford (section)

==Ethnoarchaeology==

Binford withdrew from the theoretical debates that followed the rapid adoption<ref>{{Harvnb|Trigger|2006|pp=393–394}}</ref> of New Archaeology (by then also called [[processual archaeology]]) in the 1960s and 70s, instead focusing on his work on the [[Mousterian]], a [[Middle Palaeolithic]] [[Archaeological industry|lithic industry]] found in Europe, North Africa and the Near East.<ref>{{Harvnb|Renfrew|1987|p=689}}</ref> In 1969 he decided to undertake [[ethnography|ethnographic]] fieldwork among the [[Nunamiut]] in [[Alaska]], in order to better understand the [[periglacial]] environment that Mousterian hominins occupied, and to see first hand how [[hunter-gatherer]] behavior is reflected in material remains.<ref>{{Harvnb|Renfrew|1987|p=691}}</ref> This methodology—conducting ethnographic fieldwork to establish firm correlations between behavior and material culture—is known as [[ethnoarchaeology]] and while not being invented by Binford, was shaped by his incorporation with Processual (New) Archaeology.<ref>{{Harvnb|Trigger|2006|p=399; 405}}</ref> Most of Binford's later work was focused on the [[Palaeolithic]] and hunter-gatherers in the archaeological record.