Archaeology can be considered to be the science of reconstructing the past through the study of its material remains. As such it has a place among the historical sciences. The roots of modern archaeology go back as far as the Renaissance period. However, archaeology as we know it today came into being only in the nineteenth century when scientific methods, mostly borrowed from the natural sciences, started to be used in a systematic way. Even so, evolution of the techniques and principles took some time to evolve. More importantly, the archaeological aims shifted as the years went by. From the search to find collectables, i.e. complete statues, vases and treasure in general, only gradually the awareness arose that the find location was even more important than the intrinsic value and characteristics of the finds. Especially in the eastern Mediterranean for a very long time the focus remained on the excavation or better emptying of monumental remains, with only limited attention to the stratigraphical relationships. Luckily this has changed over the previous decades, with archaeology becoming not only of age as a scientific discipline, but at the same time it became more and more integrated in the historical and natural sciences, whereby there was an evolution from a purely archaeological approach, first to a multi-disciplinary one, and finally to an interdisciplinary research. The Sagalassos project can be considered a state-of-the-art type of archaeological research project, with a true interdisciplinary integration. The emphasis shifted from the early years, when the small field teams consisted mainly of archaeologists and surveyors, to the actual situation where we have dozens of specialists from as many disciplines working together to extract the maximum possible of information from the site of ancient Sagalassos and its territory. At first, work concentrated on the survey of the extant monumental remains, but from 1990 onwards, regular excavations under the direction of Marc Waelkens, extended systematically the scope and size of the studied areas. Today, after nearly ten years of concentrated effort, only a small, although impressive, part of the site has been uncovered and much remains to be done. The size of the yearly expedition rose from 10 to more than 90 scientists of different disciplines, covering the most diverse aspects of research. The growth of the excavations led to severe problems in the registration of the information of all types, which in turn led to a search for faster and more efficient methods to obtain and conserve the data.