Hacia una historia de la interdisciplinariedad en la Arqueología española: introduciendo una nueva perspectiva

Abstract

This introductory article to the "Towards a History of Interdisciplinarity in Archaeology" dossier, coordinated by the authors, starts with a definition of interdisciplinarity and other related concepts such as pluridisciplinarity. A diachronic review is then undertaken looking at how interdisciplinary relations have taken place in Spanish archaeology from the nineteenth century until today. This synthetic overview reveals a certain initial delay with respect to other countries. From early days of the discipline, a few specialists in other branches of knowledge contributed with their specialized knowledge to archaeology, although strictly speaking interdisciplinarity only took place in the twentieth century. The progressive acceptance of the value of the contributions of other sciences has led in recent decades to an emphasis not so much on interdisciplinarity but on pluridisciplinarity within Spanish archaeology.