Feedback loops IN THE REC0NSTRUCTION
OF PREHISTORY
nA view commonly expressed concerning the inter-relation
of disciplines is that they should be pursued
independently and only subsequently consulted to see if there is a
match
nWhile to intellectual logic of this position is clear, it is not
a realworld description of the way many researchers
proceed
nNot only is there likely to be an iterative relation between
the discovery of matches between disciplines but there is also what
might be called ‘conceptual leakage’, the spread of models between
disciplines