The Co-evolution of Archaeology and Artificial Intelligence: Beyond Certainty towards Interpretive Meaning and Vagueness

Document Type : Editorial Note

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Editor-in-Chief, Department of Archaeology and Archaeological Sciences Research Centre, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran.

Abstract

Theoretical developments in archaeology and artificial intelligence, although unfolding in two seemingly
unrelated fields, follow a shared epistemological logic. Both emerged within the context of Western modernity,
initially grounded in scientism and claims to certainty, and have subsequently encountered crises of meaning,
contextuality, and ethics. Adopting a comparative–analytical approach, this editorial note traces this theoretical
co-evolution and demonstrates that the articles in this issue of the Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies may
be read as concrete manifestations of this epistemic shift, one that moves from reductive certainties toward an
interpretive, multilayered, and ethically responsible form of knowledge.

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Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies
Volume 15, Issue 2
2025
Pages 1-6

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