text: n this academic discipline, a battleship curve can be used to visualize data in the method of seriation.
full_question: n this academic discipline, a battleship curve can be used to visualize data in the method of seriation. Lewis Binford incorporated middle range theory into this field's processual approach, which replaced the older cultural-historical approach. A scholar of this discipline, Jens Worsaae, theorized the purpose of shell middens. This discipline uses techniques like magnetometry and ground-penetrating radar to identify underground features as part of field surveys. Practitioners of this discipline like Heinrich Schliemann and Arthur Evans excavated Troy and Knossos. For 10 points, name this field that studies material artifacts of ancient humans.
first_sentence: n this academic discipline, a battleship curve can be used to visualize data in the method of seriation.
raw_answer: archaeology [or word forms like archaeological research]