Transformation Processes: An Overview

TransformationProcessesdebate ontheinteractionsbetween archaeological artifacts and structures based on their natural and cultural environments. These processes provide a good picture about the site formation after its creation until now. Recognition of these processes and their context help archaeologists to interpret archaeological data in an appropriate way. In this paper I would argue about the abandonment of the site and demolition of the artifacts and structures by presenting some Iranian cases. Transformation processes play a significant role in archaeological studies; however such detail studies may lead archaeologists to get involved into ethnographical and anthropological point of views.