In the past, the relationship between classical archaeology and the physical sciences, two very broad fields, was distant and somewhat contentious (see this article from 1981 summarizing the state of the debate at that time: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1356543).

Herakleia, curtain and tower manoeuvring around large rocky outcrop (Professor Fred Winter, 1957)

Iasos, views of site and harbour entrance from the sea, close, receding and distant (Professor Fred Winter, 1957)