Pages: 429-434

Advance in development of theory in prehistory is one of the directions of improvements of the prehistoric research. It may also have impact on the way prehistory has been integrated into the theoretical research.
The systematic approach in prehistoric research follows the general qualification of the scholarly approaches by using quantitative and qualitative methods, typically in combination (QlQnI approach — a qualitative-quantitative integrative approach).
The archaeological study usually misses the social sciences methodology based on a literature review, revealing the gaps and filling of the gaps. This three step research has been substituted by approaches which rarely would include a critical analysis of the previous research and rarely explain what exactly and how the used records fill specific gaps related to well defined research question.
The emerging theory on filling of gaps considers critical approach, debating, generating a system of new arguments, cross-discipline interactions, new theories and new ways of bridging prehistory and contemporary culture.

Keywords: theory, prehistory, methodology, research methods, Eurasia, the Balkans, Anatolia

Information about author:

Lolita Nikolova (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA). PhD. International Institute of Anthropology. 1450 S West Temple apt G104, Salt Lake City, Utah 84115, USA
E-mail: [email protected]