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{{short description|Application of systems theory and systems thinking in archaeology}}
'''Systems theory in archaeology''' is the application of [[systems theory]] and [[systems thinking]] in [[archaeology]]. It originated with the work of [[Ludwig von Bertalanffy]] in the 1950s, and is introduced in archaeology in the 1960s with the work of [[Sally Binford|Sally R. Binford]] and [[Lewis Binford]]'s "New Perspectives in Archaeology" and [[Kent V. Flannery]]'s "Archaeological Systems Theory and Early Mesoamerica".