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| To the Reader | |
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| To the Instructor | |
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| About the Author | |
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| What Happened in Prehistory? | |
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| Background to Archaeology | |
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| Introducing Archaeology | |
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| Why Study Archaeology? | |
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| Discovery: Tutankhamun's Tomb, Egypt, 1922 Archaeology | |
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| Is Fascinating Archaeology and the Remote | |
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| Past Discovery: Grotte de Chauvet, France, 1994 Archaeology in Today's | |
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| World Archaeology and Politics | |
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| Who Owns the Past? | |
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| The Crisis in Archaeology | |
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| Collectors and the Morality of Collecting Pseudoarchaeologies | |
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| Archaeology, Anthropology, and History | |
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| Doing Archaeology: The Subdisciplines of Archaeology | |
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| Archaeology and Prehistory | |
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| Archaeology and History | |
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| Theory in Archaeology | |
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| The Diversity of Archaeologists | |
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| The Goals of Archaeology Stewardship | |
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| Doing Archaeology: An Archaeologist's | |
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| Ethical Responsibilities | |
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| Culture History | |
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| Past Lifeways | |
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| Cultural Process | |
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| Understanding the Archaeological Record | |
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| Summary | |
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| Questions for Discussion | |
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| A Short History of Archaeology: Sixth Century B.C. Through A.D. 2007 | |
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| The Beginnings of Scientific Archaeology | |
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| Beginnings Scriptures and Fossils | |
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| The Antiquity of Humankind | |
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| Discovery: The Somme Handaxes, 1859 | |
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| The Three-Age System | |
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| Human Progress | |
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| Unilinear Cultural Evolution | |
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| Diffusion and Diffusionists | |
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| Discovery: The Altamira Cave Paintings, Spain, 1875 | |
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| Historical Particularism | |
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| Culture History | |
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| Components and Phases | |
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| Culture Areas | |
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| Traditions and Horizons | |
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| Old World Archaeology | |
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| American Archaeology | |
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| The Americas: The Midwestern Taxonomic Method | |
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| Discovery: Alfred Kidder at Pecos, New Mexico, 1915-1929 | |
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| The Americas: Chronology and Time Scales | |
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| People of the Past: Early Women Archaeologists | |
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| Cultural Ecology | |
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| Multilinear Cultural Evolution | |
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| Walter Taylor's A Study of Archaeology | |
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| Summary | |
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| Questions for Discussion | |
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| Science, Ecology, and the Many-voiced Past: from the Culture | |
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| History Interpretation of Culture | |
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| History Invention Diffusion Migration | |
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| Discovery: Ancient Pacific Navigation | |
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| The "New" Archaeology | |
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| Processual Archaeology | |
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| Doing Archaeology: Hypothesis Testing at Broken K Pueblo | |
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| Postprocessual Archaeology | |
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| Some Schools of Archaeological Theory | |
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| What Lies Ahead? Site: atalh�ynk, Turkey | |
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| Summary | |
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| Questions for Discussion | |
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| The Basics | |
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| Matrix and Preservation | |
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| Archaeological Data | |
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| Discovery: Eruption at Akrotiri, Greece, 1967 | |
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| Site-Formation Processes | |
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| The Matrix: Preservation and Human Activity | |
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| Discarding | |
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| Recycling | |
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| Preserving | |
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| Ceremonial Artifacts and Heirlooms | |
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| Deliberate and Accidental Destruction | |
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| Preservation Conditions: Inorganic and Organic Materials | |
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| Doing Archaeology: The Ur Lyre, Iraq | |
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| Organic Materials and the Archaeological Record | |
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| Waterlogged Environs and Wetlands | |
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| People of the Past: Pharaoh Rameses II | |
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| Dry Conditions | |
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| Extreme Cold Conditions | |
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| Volcanic Ash | |
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| Summary | |
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| Questions for Discussion | |
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| Doing Archaeological Research | |
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| The Archaeologist's Skills | |
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| Discovery: A Saxon Ship Burial at Sutton Hoo, England, 1939 | |
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| Theoretical Skills | |
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| Methodological Expertise | |
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| Technical Skills | |
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| Administrative and Managerial Skills | |
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| Writing and Analytical Skills | |
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| Archaeology and Science | |
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| The Scientific Method | |
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| The Process of Archaeological Research | |
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| Doing Archaeology: Ancient Wine at Abydos, Egypt | |
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| Research Design and Formulation | |
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| Data Collection | |
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| Data Processing, Analysis, and Interpretation | |
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| Doing Archaeology: The Aveb | |