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In recent years, archaeology has increasingly applied a wide range of research techniques from the natural and social sciences to the interpretation of evidence. This volume brings together contributions from internationally-renowned scholars in a diverse range of disciplines. It examines the implications for archaeology of the most recent developments. and highlights important new areas of research into the use of dynamical systems to explain change.

This work is to honour Professor Peter M. Allen, a seminal figure in the foundation and development of Complexity Science in human systems. From before the time of his joining Nobel Prize winner Ilya Progogine's pioneering group at the Universite libre de Bruxelles in 1967 Peter had started publishing on what was then known as Prigogine theory in physics. But it was only after this that his own pioneering work in Complexity Science showed the importance of its applications in evolutionary and human sciences. Since then he has been an influential and guiding figure in this field. The works...