Space by itself, and time by itself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows, and only a kind of union of the two will preserve an independent reality.

Hermann Minkowski (1952: 75)
Archaeology has always encompassed the traditional three dimensions, but intuitively, we have also understood, even before the advent of modern physics, the significance of the fourth dimension, time, and its relationship to physical space. The independent reality that the authors of the articles in this issue of the journal examine is the construction and reconstruction of space in time—storage space, community space, urban space, and heritage-preservation space. They focus on the full range of issues involved in the archaeology of spaces from excavation to interpretation, to conservation, to community engagement.

Lorenzo Castellano details new interpretations of the site of Niğde-Kınık Höyük in Southern Cappadocia where what he refers to as the “economic dimensions” of...

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