About the Author |
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List of Figures |
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List of Tables |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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1 The Archaeological Research Process |
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1.1 Phase I: Asking Questions |
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1.2 Phase II: Building Models |
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4 | (2) |
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1.3 Phase III: Collecting Data |
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1.4 Phase IV Analyzing Data |
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9 | (2) |
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1.5 Phase V. Evaluating Results |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (2) |
2 The Archaeological Record |
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14 | (9) |
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2.1 What Do Archaeologists Find? |
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15 | (1) |
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2.3 What Theories Do Archaeologists Use to Interpret the Archaeological Record? |
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3 Measurement and Sampling |
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23 | (7) |
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3.1 How Do Archaeologists Make Measurements through the Archaeological Record? |
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24 | (1) |
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3.1.2 Validity and Reliability |
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25 | (1) |
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3.2 How Do Archaeologists Sample from the Archaeological Record? |
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26 | (2) |
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3.2.2 Stratified Sampling |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (1) |
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4 Survey Methods and Strategies |
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30 | (14) |
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4.1 How Do Archaeologists Find Sites? |
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30 | (4) |
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31 | (2) |
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4.1.2 Landowner and Collector Interviews |
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4.2 What Is Archaeological Survey? |
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34 | (6) |
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4.2.2 Probing and Testing |
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36 | (3) |
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4.2.4 Aerial Photography and Imagery |
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4.3 How Do Archaeologists Conduct Surveys? |
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4.3.2 "Bottom-Up" Surveys |
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4.3.3 "Shotgun" and Predictive Surveys |
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5 Excavation Methods and Strategies |
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44 | (15) |
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5.1 What Techniques Do Archaeologists Use to Excavate Sites? |
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45 | (3) |
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5.1.1 Horizontal Controls |
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47 | (1) |
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5.2 What Strategies Do Archaeologists Use to Excavate Sites? |
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5.2.1 Standard Excavation Strategies |
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5.2.2 Special-Case Excavation Strategies |
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53 | (2) |
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5.3 What about the Digging Itself? |
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57 | (2) |
6 Recordkeeping |
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59 | (12) |
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6.1 How Do Archaeologists Record Context? |
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59 | (2) |
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6.2 What Types of Records Do Archaeologists Keep? |
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62 | (3) |
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6.2.3 An Example of Archaeological Recordkeeping |
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65 | (2) |
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6.3 How Do Archaeologists Store Records? |
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7 Dating Archaeological Materials |
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71 | (4) |
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7.2.2 Thermoremnant Magnetism |
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7.2.5 Other Absolute Dating Techniques |
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8 Lithic Analysis |
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8.1 What Are Lithics Made From? |
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8.2 How Are Chipped Stone Tools Made? |
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8.3 What Types of Chipped Stone Tools Are There? |
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8.4 What Types of Ground Stone Tools Are There? |
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8.5 How Do Archaeologists Analyze Lithics? |
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8.6 What Can Archaeologists Learn from Lithic Analyses? |
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9 Ceramic Analysis |
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9.1 What Are Ceramics Made From? |
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9.2 How Are Ceramics Made? |
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9.3 How Do Archaeologists Analyze Ceramics? |
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9.4 What Can Archaeologists Learn from Ceramic Analysis? |
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104 | (7) |
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10 Analysis of Metals and Glass |
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10.1 How Are Metal Objects Made? |
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10.2 What Kinds of Metal Objects Are There? |
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10.3 How Are Glass Objects Made? |
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10.4 What Kind of Glass Objects Are There? |
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10.5 How Do Archaeologists Analyze Metal and Glass Objects? |
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10.6 What Can Archaeologists Learn from the Analysis of Metal and Glass? |
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11 Floral and Faunal Analysis |
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126 | (14) |
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11.1 How Do Archaeologists Find Remains of Ancient Plants and Animals? |
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127 | (1) |
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11.2 What Kinds of Plant Remains Are Found in the Archaeological Record? |
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11.2.1 Microbotanical Remains |
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11.2.2 Macrobotanical Remains |
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129 | (3) |
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11.3 What Kinds of Animal Remains Are Found in the Archaeological Record? |
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11.3.1 Microfaunal Remains |
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132 | (1) |
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11.3.2 Macrofaunal Remains |
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132 | (2) |
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11.4 What Information Do Archaeologists Obtain from Plant and Animal Remains? |
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134 | (2) |
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11.5 What about Human Remains? |
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136 | (2) |
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12 Presenting Results and Curating Collections |
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140 | (9) |
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140 | (2) |
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12.2 What Types of Publication Are There? |
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142 | (4) |
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12.3 What Do Archaeologists Do with The Material They Collect? |
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13 Historic Preservation and the Practice of Archaeology |
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149 | (12) |
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13.1 What Laws Regulate Archaeology in the United States? |
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149 | (3) |
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13.2 What Is Historic Preservation? |
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152 | (1) |
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13.3 What Principles Regulate the Behavior of Professional Archaeologists? |
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152 | (5) |
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153 | (1) |
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Principle 2: Accountability |
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153 | (1) |
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Principle 3: Commercialization |
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153 | (1) |
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Principle 4: Public Education and Outreach |
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154 | (1) |
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Principle 5: Intellectual Property |
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154 | (1) |
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Principle 6: Public Reporting and Publication |
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155 | (1) |
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Principle 7: Records and Preservation |
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155 | (1) |
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Principle 8: Training and Resources |
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156 | (1) |
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Principle 9: Safe Educational and Workplace Environments |
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156 | (1) |
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The Register of Professional Archaeologists |
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156 | (1) |
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13.4 What Is Public Archaeology? |
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157 | (1) |
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158 | (3) |
Glossary |
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161 | (10) |
Index |
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