antiquityhow
Antiquityhow is an interdisciplinary framework intended to illuminate how ancient societies functioned by foregrounding process, technique, and daily practice. It seeks to answer practical questions about production, exchange, labor, technology, governance, and social life, rather than focusing exclusively on dates, events, or kings.
The framework draws on archaeology, philology, art history, ethnography, and experimental archaeology. Researchers integrate material culture
Scope includes civilizations of the Mediterranean and Near East, as well as contemporary scholarship on Asia,
Critics argue that antiquityhow can risk speculative reconstruction if evidence is fragmentary. Proponents stress transparent methodology,
See also: archaeology, experimental archaeology, historiography, material culture studies, digital humanities.